Jim Aitken reviews the new antholgy from Smokestack Books, edited by Alan Morrison and Atef Alshaer ‘Poetry is a duty because it records the last stand of... Continue reading
Libraries and communism are like Marx and Engels – you can’t have one without the other. Marx did some of his most important work in the British... Continue reading
Indelibly racist Roald Dahl was called upon by Hollywood profit-brokers again last year for yet another adaptation of his 1964 children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.... Continue reading
Gremlins by Fran Lock “having gotten in, it’s coming out one of two ways: walking or writing.” / we want axioms, maximum sky. not you./ an immobile... Continue reading
Mark Perryman gets to grips with Nike v St. George, with image above by Hugh Tisdall “This virtue signalling, namby-pamby, pearl-clutching, woke nonsense must stop now. Any... Continue reading
Dennis Broe outlines 3 Body Problem’s imperialist problem. Image above: the Chinese Cultural Revolution as a moment of chaos In Culture and Imperialism, Palestinian scholar Edward Said details... Continue reading
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson(A bilingual limerick by Gabriel Rosenstock) The whole thing’s a bit of a blurI admit, I have caused a wee stir Please, don’t be unkind... Continue reading
Good Friday by Steven Taylor When you’ve climbed up on the roofof the last remaining house in Gazathrow away the ladder and dare themto demolish you, safe... Continue reading
Jonathan Glazer is the Academy Award and BAFTA winning director of Zone of Interest, a film that highlights the “dehumanization” going on outside the Nazi death camp... Continue reading
Reading the Communist Party’s recent Class & Culture pamphlet led Ruth McCann to consider the diminishing space for women to socialise and create When it comes to... Continue reading