The poet’s parents by Christopher Norris This is a poem about Emma Vetterlein, a Jewish East-End Londoner and dedicated Communist Party member and union activist whom I... Continue reading
Palestinians return to their homes in Gaza, Jan 2025: from The Palestine Chronicle These are a people who,denied earthly resources,have already – for time,times and a half-time... Continue reading
Sunday 16 February, 5pm, The Cockpit, Gateforth St., London NW8 8EH An evening of radical poetry, headlined by the extraordinary and original Fran Lock (2023 T. S.... Continue reading
by Jon Baldwin In 2022 the Manchester-based writer/director, and regular contributor to Culture Matters, Brett Gregory, released his debut working-class feature film, ‘Nobody Loves You and You... Continue reading
Melt by Steven Taylor The day that Trump announced the USwas taking over Gaza and going to developthe seafront (in particular) as prime real estate after removing... Continue reading
Alexander Polzin’s Hommage a Paul Celan, Jardin Anne Frank, Paris Edward Mackinnon writes about Paul Celan, and his poem Shibboleth Shibboleth Together with my stones,heavy with weepingbehind... Continue reading
Fred Voss, 8th July 1952 to 27th January 2025 Peter Raynard pays tribute to a great American poet The poet Fred Voss, who has died at the... Continue reading
Emancipating Ancestors by Jenny Mitchell I’ll free them allby digging deep enoughto haul their battered bodiesfrom the years of disturbed soil. As they emerge – some dark,... Continue reading
Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979 – Gueorgui Pinkhassov/Magnum Photos, CC image. Jack Clarke speaks with Sergey Toymentsev, Assistant Professor of Russian in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures... Continue reading