by Ross Wilson DOG EAT DOG ‘the populist right in the UKlook like puppies comparedto the far right across Europe.’ So a writer wrote the dayI read... Continue reading
By Pauline Howley Everyone talks about stuff they didin English Literature at schoollike all schools did English Literature. Everyone talks about the great school tripsthey hadlike everyone... Continue reading
Commons image of Belfast riots When you forget where your forefathers came from. How they arrived into a country. What they did to the people of that... Continue reading
By Philippa Greasley No vote, no questions asked, no choicenow we mustsing the Lord’s Prayer at the startand chant the National Anthem at the end“well, why should... Continue reading
A destroyed mosque in the Jabalia area, Gaza Strip, Palestine By Christopher Norris (After Geoffrey Hill, ‘Ovid in the Third Reich’) I love my nation, hate its... Continue reading
Annemasse, France, 18/08/1944: a group of children who survived thanks to Marianne Cohn and Myla Racine By S. J. Litherland For Ray and Alec Waterman Open the... Continue reading
A stroll along the tow-path of the Forth & Clyde Canal leads to a chance conversation with an ex-soldier at the Stockingfield Bridge, on the northern outskirts... Continue reading
There is a long tradition of working-class poetry in Italy. Worker-poets like Sandro Sardella, Luigi di Ruscio and Tommaso di Ciaula described the reality of factory work... Continue reading
Commons image By Jenny Farrell Set against pagan associations of midsummer festivity and disorder, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is usually presented as one of Shakespeare’s most carefree... Continue reading
Dang Duc Sinh, oil on canvas, “In each hamlet” Article and all photos by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin The Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts is housed in... Continue reading