Coal Monologues by Willie Hershaw 1) Brother James I received the Abbot’s ordersinby the big pink house:“Yoke Joseph and Mary, to an oxen cart – take shovels,... Continue reading
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Razia Parveen reviews The Book of Echoes by Rosanna Amaka The Book of Echoes by Rosanna Amaka is a powerful and politically potent narrative which subtly weaves... Continue reading
Let’s pretend it’s butter by Sally Flint ‘It all starts with stability around access to food.’ – Marcus Rashford After the adrenaline rush of not knowing if her... Continue reading
Cultural Marxism by Martin Rowson I met a Cultural MarxistWho took me to Swan Lake“Those swans denote the Class War!”Quoth he. I found his takeCompelling if naive,... Continue reading
Class Register by Alan Sleater The first register I called at Selkirk HighWas, to my incomer’s eyes, a roll callOf the Borders clans, and three hundred years... Continue reading
Author’s note: Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was one of the most influential playwrights of the twentieth century, blending an aspirational communism with anti-fascist politics, while developing a satirical, “epic... Continue reading
Searching for Each Other’s Souls by Fred Voss Working 10-hour days in this machine shop we put on our COVID-19 pandemic maskslike strangers aboard the Titanicthrown together... Continue reading
Jim Aitken unearths the radical and progressive meanings in Borges’ writings It was his fellow Argentinian writer and, like his mentor, a former Director of the National... Continue reading
Graeme Rigby writes a memorial piece about Chris Killip, who died recently. Above image of Chris ® Kent Rodzwicz It was late 1982. My first paid gig... Continue reading
Annette Skade presents the poetry of Anne Carson, and a brief biography In Anne Carson’s series of poems, “The Glass Essay”, the speaker is channelling Emily Brontё: “my... Continue reading
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