Special Offer by Chris Norris The State of Israel, strange as this may seem,Has offered us Iranian folk its aidIn getting shot of our ‘hated regime’By means... Continue reading
This is a brilliant directorial debut of Italian actress, Paola Cortellesi. Sharp, elegant and passionate, she tells a story of the past with great love and great... Continue reading
This poem was commissioned by Culture Matters as an act of solidarity with Francesca Amewudah-Rivers (above) who has recently suffered racist abuse for having the audacity to... Continue reading
A Brief and Biased History of Love by Alan Humm. £9. Culture Matters. ISBN 978-1-912710-55-3. Reviewed by Patricia McCarthy This interesting debut collection from novelist Alan Humm merits reading... Continue reading
Weekly Briefing by Owen Gallagher Starving children trudge to schoolwhile I serve tea to his Majestyand the Prime Minister. The King urges his PM to try his... Continue reading
Ghazal: no surviving family by Janet Hatherley It’s a new acronym, the medic says,WCNSF. Wounded child, no surviving family. The three-year-old in her rescuer’s arms, chatters, glances... Continue reading
This year the Quais du Polar in Lyon, the largest European festival of crime novels and one of the largest in the world, in celebrating its 20th... Continue reading
93n0c1d3 by Michal Lowkain a friend from my youthis a zionisthe loves buildingidf modelsincluding bulldozers the originals are used to destroy palestinian homes and hopes and lives... Continue reading
Introduction by Fran Lock Please read the poems below. In Bondage we enter a scene reminiscent of agrarian indentured labour, somewhere (to my mind anyway) in the long... Continue reading
Dar Al-Shifa by Nick Moss ‘Genocide enablers: Gaza and the corporate media’ Like a war scripted by Asimov on crystal methSquads of quadcopter drones Shooting children in... Continue reading