Manifesto Press is about to publish the third volume of the writings of Hans Hess, titled ‘Art and Ideology’. We believe that whilst art plays a central... Continue reading
By Mark Perryman Summer is a time for the beach, sunshine, sunglasses and in between whatever takes our marine fancy for a holiday read. A bit of... Continue reading
by Nick Moss Ain’t a city, but the rest is true.Rocks galore, fiends cookin upIn the Tesco car park, daylight,Sun shinin. And a new batch of street... Continue reading
Mass picket in Birmingham, with Jeremy Corbyn. Photo: James O’Brien By James O’Brien This was more like it in the brittle ether of the works yard,I could... Continue reading
Franco’s troops, Madrid,1936; Netanyahu’s troops, Gaza, 2025 By Nick Moss This is a review of two recent books published by Culture Matters – Michael Rosen’s Words United,... Continue reading
Mass starvation in Gaza. Image courtesy of Al Jazeera By James O’Brien Is this your damn mouth?The horror faces abide,By horror time in Nazi abysses,Of jaundiced apartheid... Continue reading
By Christopher Norris Dad, there are nasty kids at school –‘Self-hating Jews’, you’d call them,Who don’t observe our family ruleAnd say your ways appal them. They say... Continue reading
By Dennis Broe Nautilus, a reimagining of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, is a triumph of a series, in which the villains are the thinly... Continue reading
By Nick Moss I’ve walked there picking mushrooms at the edge of dread, but don’t be fooledthis isn’t a Russian poem, this is not somewhere else but... Continue reading