In the ancient world it tended to be the most trusted slaves who were put in charge of the care and service of the wine cellar. The... Continue reading
Green Hauntings draws selections from four of Alan Morrison’s first six full volumes of poetry: The Mansion Gardens (2006), A Tapestry of Absent Sitters (2009), Blaze a Vanishing... Continue reading
Culture Matters is proud to introduce the first in their new series of digital poetry pamphlets, The Hanuting: Deleted Scenes by Kevin Patrick McCann. An unsettling poetic riff... Continue reading
From Daleks to Strictly, Mark Perryman explores the meaning of the BBC at 100 For decades those of us of a certain age have been able to measure... Continue reading
Nine Propositions Regarding Capitalist Politics by David Betteridge For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken…–... Continue reading
Not Going Home – ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ * by Mark Cassidy It is not done, they said,to chain yourself to palace railings.Go breaking window glassor hatchet works... Continue reading
Blind Spot by Paul Francis She’s had to ditch that school job, which she loved;some supermarket shifts will pay the bills. She’s haunted by the story of... Continue reading
Almost incomprehensibly, radical poet, psychogeographer, poetry historian, activist, visionary and devout Blakean, Niall McDevitt, passed away on Thursday 29 September 2022 at just 55 years of age.... Continue reading
Borrowed Rainbows For Niall McDevitt (above), poet and republican22/02/1967 – 29/09/2022 The day Elizabeth Windsor passedA double rainbow was visibleArcing over Buckingham Palace—Supposedly a benevolent omenOf transformation,... Continue reading