by Jim Aitken A headline in the Daily Telegraph on the 11th of April this year read, ’Migrants are handed life jackets by the French.’ This implied... Continue reading
by Owen Gallagher, with image by Martin Gollan He is a Caesar,a Nero, a global warning,a planet whose orbit collideswith everyone. He is the goldenage of narcissism... Continue reading
by John Green Starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche, The Return retells the story of Odysseus’s homecoming 20 years after waging war against the Trojans. Based on Homer’s... Continue reading
by Robert Poole Like most of the country, I have been enthralled by the Netflix limited series Adolescence. It is a great piece of drama, with fantastic... Continue reading
Da Scales by Jim Mainland, with image above by Peter Long Wha’s du faert for?Is du faert for someen? Weel, hoo come it’s no registerin?Is du laevin... Continue reading
I resume my podcast discussion (part one is here) with the British music journalist, Toby Manning, by exploring the dark and troubled waters of the late 60s... Continue reading
The least I can do is use a capital C for Carer by Rob Walton My sister tells me/when mum was on the floor/having fallen/Carer A/and Carer... Continue reading
A short story by Wayne Dean Richards, with image above by Martin Gollan As if it was something he’d studied at Eton, he knew how to make... Continue reading
by Dennis Broe Adolescence, Netflix’ four-part single-take, real-time series about a schoolboy knifing, is the streamer’s most popular series of all time in Britain and in many... Continue reading
Who was Mary Magdalene? A repentant prostitute who ended her days as a desert contemplative? The secret wife of Jesus? An evangelist and prophet? An apostle, a... Continue reading