Garden walls by Simon Haines Surround garden wallsshield from worldsto grow flower meadows and vegetableswholesomely in rich soil. But no protection from sniper firenor deafening kettled screamsnor... Continue reading
PREVENT by Nick Moss, with cartoon above by Martin Gollan “They promote ideologies that go against our shared values; that encourage intolerance.” – PREVENT guidance “…in recent... Continue reading
From its outset, International Women’s Day was characterized by the fight for peace, against militarism and war. At the Second International Conference of Socialist Women at Copenhagen... Continue reading
We Are The Workers by Alan McGuire, with image above by Ehsan Ganji You find new muscles everyday.Emotions stay dead in place.We’re productive yet recyclable.We are the... Continue reading
Jon Baldwin compares and contrasts Nobody Loves You and You Don’t Deserve to Exist with Saltburn. Image above by Paul Routledge, see here Nobody Loves You and... Continue reading
Hi, my name is Brett Gregory, Associate Editor for the UK arts, culture and politics website, Culture Matters, and this is my review of Sean Claffey’s 2023... Continue reading
Culture Matters is proud to present two online poetry workshops on the theme of The Sacred and the Profane, led by award-winning poet Jenny Mitchell. How can... Continue reading
We are very pleased to announce that thanks to support from Unison (Newcastle City Centre branch), and Newcastle Trades Union Council, the eighth Bread and Roses Poetry... Continue reading
Below is a fine new poem by Jane Burn. But first, an advert! Not for the purposes of making a profit, but in order to promote cultural... Continue reading