Cover pic: still from the American mockumentary The Office Will Kitchen introduces his new book In his book The Great Cat Massacre and other Episodes in French... Continue reading
The Women Were Very Powerful (Pic: courtesy of Narbi Price) Mike Quille reviews an exhibition of paintings, spoken word and short films and interviews the creators –... Continue reading
By Alan McGuire In the Madrid underground, there’s an anti-drugs advert that shows a mirror alongside the words: “You are seeing who is responsible for your life.”... Continue reading
by Alan Morrison As Chief Whip Alan Campbell left CabinetOn Tuesday 1st JulyWalking along the sun-pounded pavementOf Downing Street the day of the voteOn the Pathways to... Continue reading
The pyramid of power By Wayne Dean-Richards correct me if I’m wrongbut no police were prosecutedfor fitting up the Birmingham 6. correct me if I’m wrongbut the... Continue reading
Three Doves, by Bob Starrett by David Betteridge A poem taken from the author’s Sapling & Wood,published by Culture Matters, 2024. What, for the common good,can poets... Continue reading
Workers, by Peter Kennard by Owen Gallagher We doubled our shifts,filled our bellies with water,queued at food banks. The envelope came:URGENT! Bailiffs left ghostly imagesof our tvand... Continue reading
A poem commemorating the death of radical poet Percy Bysshe Shelley on 8th July 1822 ls’t not enough that splendour’s useless glare,Real grandeur’s bane, must mock the... Continue reading
By Violet White A Prayer on the Historic Occasion of the Proscription as Terrorists –by the LINO Government’s Home Secretary on Weds 2nd July 2025 –of a... Continue reading
Free Palestine! By Nick Moss The politics of genocide At the time of writing, Palestine Action have been proscribed as a terrorist organisation. Those Labour MPs who... Continue reading