What purpose do the arts serve today? The arts – Music, literature, painting, sculpture, dance etc. – represent vibrant aspects of human culture. They don’t provide us... Continue reading
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Seán O’Casey’s best known and arguably most controversial plays are his early Dublin plays about Ireland’s revolutionary years between 1916 and 1923. Less known and performed are... Continue reading
The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, that’s how... Continue reading
Refugee Eftir Edwin Muir by Jim Mainland A’m fled trow laand, owre sea, smoored laand an sea, my hame a blüdied knock-soe, a rönnie o stanes, an... Continue reading
Igh Sheriff o Merthyr by Mike Jenkins Ee wuz off of is trolley,shoutin in-a middle o Penderyn Squarelike ee woz a Town Crier. Ee ad all the... Continue reading
‘Artists are the gatekeepers of truth’ said Paul Robeson. As a playwright I have to write this: Never mind the bollocks, “God Save the Queen” and all... Continue reading
Militant by John Short If he surrendered nowhow would he fill the void?Never the kind to retireround glittering pools,world injustice keeps himpermanently afloat. I chanced upon him... Continue reading
Biscuit Factory by John Short This expanse of sprawling madnessand disinfected squalorfor a product no one really needs. The thunderous megalomaniaof machinery means action,dismissing tinnitus as collateral.Sad... Continue reading
rue by Fran Lock, with image above by kennardphillips after the acrostic Floral Tribute, by Simon Armitage heave, between the balms and banes, the hoods, the wryts, the... Continue reading
The Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 was most decidedly a depiction of a catastrophe. Watching the concert progress (or regress) from excitement to disaster was a spine-chilling experience. Over... Continue reading
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