Annemasse, France, 18/08/1944: a group of children who survived thanks to Marianne Cohn and Myla Racine By S. J. Litherland For Ray and Alec Waterman Open the... Continue reading
A stroll along the tow-path of the Forth & Clyde Canal leads to a chance conversation with an ex-soldier at the Stockingfield Bridge, on the northern outskirts... Continue reading
There is a long tradition of working-class poetry in Italy. Worker-poets like Sandro Sardella, Luigi di Ruscio and Tommaso di Ciaula described the reality of factory work... Continue reading
Commons image By Jenny Farrell Set against pagan associations of midsummer festivity and disorder, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is usually presented as one of Shakespeare’s most carefree... Continue reading
Dang Duc Sinh, oil on canvas, “In each hamlet” Article and all photos by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin The Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts is housed in... Continue reading
By S. J. Litherland In fair England I awoke to the heady notes of the rain. In my head were the fair words of Master Shakespeare, Warwickshire’s... Continue reading
The Trinity, by Andrei Rublev By Geoff Bottoms In Genesis chapter 18 verses 1 – 8 God appears to Abraham as three men. Abraham and Sarah seem... Continue reading
By Roger Cornish Jack was fuming.He’d simply had enough. He said: “They come over here.They come over here.” “Who comes over here, Jack?” “Thems boat people,thems boat... Continue reading
Christian England by Gilbert and George By Gregory Dalrymple-White All this used to be fieldsthat spreadyields that fed peoplewho gave ambitionto a systemabused all of this used... Continue reading
Commons image: CC by 2.0 By Peter Raynard What wee timorous beastie have you become?Scurrying between abstruse summationsthat we cannae yet speak of until the drumsof excise... Continue reading
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