Uday, One Day by Jim Aitken In memory of Uday Abu Mohsen who lived only one dayafter being killed during the Siege of Gaza, 2023. Uday was... Continue reading
Brett Gregory interviews Dr. Ian Scott, Professor of American Film and History at the University of Manchester (UK), October 2023 BG: Hi, this is the UK Desk for... Continue reading
Below is the last of the four new poems by Jenny Mitchell to mark Black History Month. For some background to the poem, see here and here. The Queen... Continue reading
Paul O’Brien, the first Irish critic to publish a full-length political biography of Sean O’Casey from a left-wing perspective, talks to Jenny Farrell about some largely unknown... Continue reading
Trying To Go Home by Fred Voss “I’ve got a Bridgeport milling machine in my garage”a machinist would sayand another machinist would nodand say he had a... Continue reading
The five winners of this year’s Award are: Michael Lowkain, Jenny Mitchell, Ian Parks, Ross Walsh and Rob Walton. £100 will wing its wandering way to their... Continue reading
Outlook by Steven Taylor Mainly cloudyA chance of rainDusty. GrubbyRubble mostlyDeath expected Britain Could send umbrellasBut they preferProviding weaponsTo the killers (with instructionsto be careful, obviously) The... Continue reading
“Salty Terms” to Deter Asylum Seekers (An extended villanelle or ‘villanelle-vague’) “If they don’t like barges then they should f*** off back to France” ... Continue reading
The three poems below are from a sequence of poems inspired by The Spanish Civil War and The International Brigade, which Bob Beagrie been working on for... Continue reading
Plantation Yard to Council Flat by Jenny Mitchell Once there was a slaving house battered by the sun, rays like golden fists, blood oozing through the floors,... Continue reading