Gumball Machine, by Wayne Thiebaud By Nick Moss How do you paint the fire while being consumed by the flames? What possibilities exist for artistic practice to... Continue reading
In this issue of Our Culture, series editor Alan McGuire reflects on the BBC’s historical role and explores how decades of mismanagement and market-driven objectives have reshaped... Continue reading
Edited by Alistair Findlay, Morning Star, £12.50, available here By Andy Croft Poetry is in the news a lot these days. We have recently been subjected to celebrity... Continue reading
In cinemas late November/early 2026 By Rita Di Santo With a captivating poetic opening, director Marta Bergman chronicles the journey of a young couple, whose beginning is... Continue reading
By Christopher Norris for Tony Harrison, 1937-2025 In an unbroken continuity from the Renaissance to 1900 and beyond, a poem within the metrical tradition identifies itself .... Continue reading
The book is available here By Nick Moss This will be an all-too-brief introduction to a powerful new poetic voice, and to the Jawbone Collective. The latter... Continue reading
By Bernadette Gallagher ‘The death has occurred ofHenry Conyngham, The 8th Marquess Conyngham(Lord Henry Mount Charles)At Slane Castle, Slane, Meath‘ Confused about his Irishness, with one footin... Continue reading
In this article for the Our Culture series, we look at the state of contemporary British poetry. It is a world laced with creative potential, yet continuously... Continue reading
By Nick Moss The absence of working-class voices from cultural life is something I have raised here and elsewhere repeatedly. There are, though, other questions which necessarily... Continue reading