One of our country’s longest running political theatre groups, Banner have dedicated their time over 50 years to trade union causes and working-class issues, and the power... Continue reading
Brett Gregory interviews Dr. Louis Bayman, Associate Professor Film Studies at the University of Southampton BG: Even before the suicidal insanity of Brexit, the UK has always been... Continue reading
Dennis Broe explains how profit-making has cut corners in movie-making, especially since the pandemic. Image above: Grizzled outlaw Alec Baldwin One of the more hilarious moments of the... Continue reading
Black Square by Mark A. Murphy The square is not a subconscious form. The square is a living, regal infant. – Kasimir Malevich i Velásquez knows all... Continue reading
Parcel by Philip Berry Paper softens, a damp corner Torn in the violence of lost yearsLifted to a sinister eyeSees night within, doubts clustered Weightless calculations bentBy... Continue reading
Here’s tae the man’s life –its drivin root, its rise, its faur reach –and tae the great hairst he gather’d in! Here’s tae the wark –the high... Continue reading
If Jesus came again she’d be born a Palestinian by Janet Hatherley toddle amongst the grass rootsof her people. Like them her existencewould not be recognised by... Continue reading
Disturbing Blacks in Custody by Jenny Mitchell One by one, I free them from the cells,trudging back to pick up bodies in torn clothes, placed screaming in... Continue reading
Labour, 2024 by Steven Taylor We’re already killing Houthis With lawful explanationsThey needed showingThat we mean business Labour is agreeable. Complicit The shipping lanes are sacrosanctLike pilgrim... Continue reading
Celtic Connections put on a wonderful concert recently, in memory of Scotland’s great Marxist revolutionary, John Maclean (1879 -1923). Glasgow’s magnificent concert hall had the 2,000 strong audience... Continue reading