by Ciarán O’Rourke More and more inhuman, every day.I feel just like an animal, squatting,squalid, in the corner, my chill-blained feetfoot-sore, among the rubbish and the dirt.There... Continue reading
Amanda Seyfried as a working-class cop in Long Bright River By Dennis Broe There are some hits, some misses and some mixed series coming audiences’ way this... Continue reading
by Alan McGuire We’re thrilled to announce the release of the official trailer for Autism and the Arts: Poetry with Peter Street, a powerful 40 minute documentary... Continue reading
Photo: Steve Phillips by Steve Pottinger Kneecap /ˈniːkap/ nounConvex bone in front ofknee joint; the patella.Articulates with femur. Kneecap /ˈniːkap/ nounIrish hip hop trio articulatingwithout fear, speaking... Continue reading
by Nick Moss How hard, it seems, is it to become convinced that the spirit of love, if it is to be genuinely beneficent – and therefore... Continue reading
To celebrate International Workers’ Day, Culture Matters is pleased to announce the publication of a new book of poems, The Last Days of Alicante, by Alan McGuire,... Continue reading
Social media, commons image by Alan McGuire In an age where the media is defined by algorithms, the rise of figures like Andrew Tate is no accident.... Continue reading
By Alan McGuire When Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio stepped out onto the Vatican balcony in 2013, the world was already in crisis: ecological breakdown, rising inequality,... Continue reading
The stunt man’s fall, in Alan Bleasdale’s Boys from the Blackstuff by Nick Moss A new website will tell the story of Liverpool through the lives of... Continue reading
by Jenny Farrell 500 years ago, on the 15 May 1525, one of the final battles of the German Peasants’ War (1524–1525) broke out. The War was... Continue reading