Image courtesy of King’s College, London by Mike Jenkins Snothin t do with me,Sall blydi overseas,Theyer all Arabs, Muslims anyway. Ow about puttin ower people first,Ow about... Continue reading
There’s been a powerful poetic reaction to the genocidal acts by Israel in Gaza. Under the most difficult of circumstances, poets in Gaza have recorded their sense... Continue reading
Gumball Machine, by Wayne Thiebaud By Nick Moss How do you paint the fire while being consumed by the flames? What possibilities exist for artistic practice to... Continue reading
Edited by Alistair Findlay, Morning Star, £12.50, available here By Andy Croft Poetry is in the news a lot these days. We have recently been subjected to celebrity... Continue reading
In cinemas late November/early 2026 By Rita Di Santo With a captivating poetic opening, director Marta Bergman chronicles the journey of a young couple, whose beginning is... Continue reading
By Christopher Norris for Tony Harrison, 1937-2025 In an unbroken continuity from the Renaissance to 1900 and beyond, a poem within the metrical tradition identifies itself .... Continue reading
The book is available here By Nick Moss This will be an all-too-brief introduction to a powerful new poetic voice, and to the Jawbone Collective. The latter... Continue reading
By Bernadette Gallagher ‘The death has occurred ofHenry Conyngham, The 8th Marquess Conyngham(Lord Henry Mount Charles)At Slane Castle, Slane, Meath‘ Confused about his Irishness, with one footin... Continue reading
By Nick Moss The absence of working-class voices from cultural life is something I have raised here and elsewhere repeatedly. There are, though, other questions which necessarily... Continue reading