My blood by Sutputra Radheye poets are sleepingwith flowers in gardens across brothelswhen the rest of the city-crumbles like pieces of breadfalling in the fire of communalism.... Continue reading
A Very Northern Inheritance by Linda Burnett An agony of worker aunts passed martyrdom along the female line. Each rivulet of steam and sweat, reamed achingly from... Continue reading
Paul Tims argues that Tarantino’s assertion of the value of violence in his latest film has a message for anti-capitalist activists I’m a huge Tarantino fan. You’re... Continue reading
Rita Di Santo reviews Noura’s Dream After screening at the Toronto Film Festival, French-Tunisian filmmaker Hinde Boudjemaa’s Noura’s Dream had its Middle East premiere at the El... Continue reading
Canticle of the Sun for the feast of St. Francis, 4 October by Fran Lock And what if we should feel like singing? Liftour undefended faces to... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell marks the 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt van Rijn with a discussion of some of his dynamic, democratic and deeply humane paintings Rembrandt’s... Continue reading
Michael Jarvie reviews One of These Dead Places by Jane Burn Jane Burn has forged her characteristic poetical voice in what can only be described as the... Continue reading
Chris Guiton reviews Calum Baird’s latest release Calum Baird’s new single Modern Man is a potent take on male identity. The Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter and political activist writes... Continue reading
Mollie Brown introduces the Bread & Roses Songwriting and Spoken Word Award 2020, and ‘the instinctive joy of taking control of cultural production’ The Communication Workers’ Union... Continue reading
Class conflict, and the various ways class divisions are expressed and resolved in personal relationships, from outright violence to affection and peaceful co-existence, form the central themes... Continue reading