By S. J. Litherland In fair England I awoke to the heady notes of the rain. In my head were the fair words of Master Shakespeare, Warwickshire’s... Continue reading
By Roger Cornish Jack was fuming.He’d simply had enough. He said: “They come over here.They come over here.” “Who comes over here, Jack?” “Thems boat people,thems boat... Continue reading
Christian England by Gilbert and George By Gregory Dalrymple-White All this used to be fieldsthat spreadyields that fed peoplewho gave ambitionto a systemabused all of this used... Continue reading
Commons image: CC by 2.0 By Peter Raynard What wee timorous beastie have you become?Scurrying between abstruse summationsthat we cannae yet speak of until the drumsof excise... Continue reading
The Electric Kiss By Rita Di Santo The 79th Cannes Film Festival has opened with the world premiere of French director Pierre Salvadori’s The Electric Kiss. This... Continue reading
Refugees Forever – Palestine Nakba, 1948. Image: Wikicommons By Mike Jenkins The soldier in full camouflageHelmet, face-covering and gun,Poking the man with it like a bayonet. This... Continue reading
‘Come build in the empty house of the stare.’ – W. B. Yeats Sparrows are nestingunder the eaves again,where the wood is rottingand the insulation’s gone.The nearby... Continue reading
I told them the flat was damp,cold, that mould grew in the kitchen,mushrooms in the wardrobe.They gave me a flag.Said “Here, wave this.” I took the flag.... Continue reading