Jim Aitken introduces Sapling and Wood by David Betteridge, available here A sapling, as we know, is a young tree. If this young tree manages to grow... Continue reading
Mike Quille interviews Mark Thomas about comedy, politics, pubs, Starmer, the miners, his latest show, and being a pastor. Image above by Tracey Moberley 1. Mark, looking on... Continue reading
A Golden Shovel, from Shakespeare’s Henry VI Part 2 Written Upon the Green Party Winning Four Seats by Julian Bishop A musk rose budding, rosette for a... Continue reading
Brett Gregory interviews Dr Paula Murphy (Dublin City University) about her new book, ‘AI in the Movies’ Hi, my name is Brett Gregory, and this is a... Continue reading
Euro 2024 by Steve Pottinger the bees dropping into the poppies in my gardendo not care that Saka’s scored a screamerthat the mood in the Red Lion... Continue reading
Steel Brotherhood by Fred Voss 47 years ago in the steel mill I remembera steelworker picking up 2 steel shanksand knocking them togetherso they rang out in... Continue reading
A Gaza Hunt (after: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, by Michael Rosen) by Ruth Aylett We’re going on a food huntlet’s hope we find someI’m not... Continue reading
Sunak’s Sorry, Keir’s Ear and the Ghost of John Smith or, 58 and Not Out by David Erdos Would John Smith be pleased? Yes, of course. To... Continue reading
The current horror in Gaza is just the latest in a long line of such horrors. The present incursion is called Operation Swords of Iron. The metallurgical... Continue reading
Jack Clarke interviews filmmakers and UC Davis (California) professors Jesse and Glenda Drew. They explore the working-class origins of country music, as well as its transatlantic influences and... Continue reading