Migration and Capital: photo by Dave Lawson By Theresa Easton When the Coalition government of David Cameron and Nick Clegg introduced its austerity programme in 2010, the... Continue reading
By Alan Morrison You threw out The Red Flag & JerusalemFor the Union Jack & God Save The King& a Party that didn’t stand for anything,You sold... Continue reading
Image by Karen Dietrich By Nick Moss In the June/July 2026 issue of The London Magazine, the editors asked a broadly selected group of poets of some... Continue reading
Underdogs is available here Underdogs is the first novel by the working-class, Middlesbrough-born writer Louise Powell. The book is set in 1998 in County Durham and is... Continue reading
Image: Wikicommons By Chris Norris The three monkeys of Japanese Buddhist-influenced folklore embodied the precepts ‘see no evil’ (cover your eyes), ‘hear no evil’ (block your ears),... Continue reading
By Alan Morrison With her much critically praised debut collection Hedge Fund and Other Living Margins (2012), Helen Moore established herself as a passionate proponent of eco-poetry.... Continue reading
Commons image of Ahmed Samir Odeh By Nick Moss ONEAdministrative detention sounds like nothing much,Sounds like a formality, like a temporaryBureaucratic hold; like a traffic stop.Unless you’re... Continue reading
Photograph: Joe Copley Gary Wilkinson introduces his exhibition BLACK HOLE about the socio-political-economic black hole the mining communities found themselves in following the miners’ strike. Following the... Continue reading
By Jeff Gallagher Your hunger makes you smack your lips –what will you take away? – and then yougape astonished at the menu:all he seems to serve... Continue reading
Prime Minister Burnham: commons image By Chris Norris Eeny-meeny-miny-moe,Catch McSweeney by the toe;If he hollers, don’t let go –He’ll run to Mandy, Josh & Co!He’ll tell you:... Continue reading