From Cannes, Dennis Broe reviews Ken Loach’s latest film, about the slow breakdown of a family exposed to the ‘freedom’ of the gig economy The first scene... Continue reading
Narbi Price introduces his new exhibition of paintings, set in Ashington and inspired by the Pitmen Painters. Image above: Untitled Wall Painting (Kwik Fit), acrylic on board, 50x70cm... Continue reading
On the 200th anniversay of Gustave Courbet’s birth, Jenny Farrell looks at his revolutionary choice of theme and form, called ‘socialist propaganda’ by his critics A constant... Continue reading
Green Shadows by William Hershaw Poor old Johnny Clare!Driven mad by Society, protected by Poetry,Flapping like an owl, daftman on the roadBetween London and The Bluebell Inn.You’d... Continue reading
helpston by Fran Lock the brazen head has spoken: heat. and now, the summerlifts its loaded pitchforks to the light. the pewit in the dog-whistle of its... Continue reading
As young people take to the streets to protest about climate change, Kim Reynolds discusses the way political activism by young people at the Battle of Cable... Continue reading
Andy Croft reviews Shabbigentile, by Alan Morrison. There is a long poem in Alan Morrison’s fantastic new collection Shabbigentile (Culture Matters, £9, available here) about the 1930s... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell honours Pete Seeger as we near what would have been his 100th birthday There are few people more famous in the political song movement than... Continue reading