Weekly Briefing by Owen Gallagher Starving children trudge to schoolwhile I serve tea to his Majestyand the Prime Minister. The King urges his PM to try his... Continue reading
Ghazal: no surviving family by Janet Hatherley It’s a new acronym, the medic says,WCNSF. Wounded child, no surviving family. The three-year-old in her rescuer’s arms, chatters, glances... Continue reading
This year the Quais du Polar in Lyon, the largest European festival of crime novels and one of the largest in the world, in celebrating its 20th... Continue reading
93n0c1d3 by Michal Lowkain a friend from my youthis a zionisthe loves buildingidf modelsincluding bulldozers the originals are used to destroy palestinian homes and hopes and lives... Continue reading
Introduction by Fran Lock Please read the poems below. In Bondage we enter a scene reminiscent of agrarian indentured labour, somewhere (to my mind anyway) in the long... Continue reading
Dar Al-Shifa by Nick Moss ‘Genocide enablers: Gaza and the corporate media’ Like a war scripted by Asimov on crystal methSquads of quadcopter drones Shooting children in... Continue reading
Say Goodnight to the Taoiseach by Declan Geraghty Varadkar is gone goodbye Varadkar we wont miss you you left us so little yet took so much then... Continue reading
George Gordon Lord Byron was born in London on 22nd January 1788, and died 100 years ago, on 19th April, 1824. His father, an officer, died when... Continue reading
Dr. Matt Alford writes about the media campaign against George Galloway In early March, the late night UK comedy show, ‘The Last Leg’, responded to Respect leader... Continue reading
Fran Lock gives the thumbs-down to This Town. Image above: Bardon Quinn (Ben Rose), Gregory Williams (Jordan Bolger), Dante Williams (Levi Brown) (Image: BBC/Banijay Rights/Kudos) So far there’s... Continue reading