Season’s Weepings by Tracey Pearson The Christmas spectacular was cancelled, due to the lack of spectacle. A rooftop, a chimney pot. A void where reindeer and sleigh... Continue reading
By Vivian Eden RE: the poem of 19 December 2024, “Our Lady of Palestine” (https://www.culturematters.org.uk/our-lady-of-palestine/) Dear Gabriel R., I rarely reply to people I don’t know but... Continue reading
The scriptwriter, novelist, and blacklisted member of the Hollywood Ten Albert Maltz was around 40 himself when he wrote his novel on ageing, The Journey of Simon... Continue reading
Our Lady of Palestine a bilingual poem by Gabriel Rosenstock, with image above by Banksy Mary, pray for massacred infants Mary, pray for infants still alive Mary,... Continue reading
by Owen Gallagher, with image above by Martin Gollan We answered the Government’s call to keep the profit flag flying, the currency stable, happy to... Continue reading
In the title essay from her book Civil Wars (1985) June Jordan writes that ‘In the context of tragedy all polite behaviour is a form of self-denial.’... Continue reading
Mr. Bates and the Post Office Part 1 It has been a strange television season. The general trend continues from last year – trimming and cutting back... Continue reading
TO MARKET, TO MARKET TO BUY A FAT PIG after Marie Howe by Abigail Ottley The people Jesus loves are shopping today between the top of Causeway... Continue reading
By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (2024) is an extraordinary new documentary in cinemas at the moment that looks at the events leading up to... Continue reading