Mandatory Compliance by Steven Taylor Everyone on television Even weathermen and womenFootball commentatorsComedians, and more serious folk Naturalists and gardeners The panels on the dancing showsThe people... Continue reading
Hans Holbein the Younger was born in Augsburg in the winter of 1497/98 and died 480 years ago, in October or November 1543. He was one of... Continue reading
Cameron’s Crawl by David Erdos Somewhere in Chess sits that secret momentWhen the board turns to fire as the predetermined vision Ignites, and when the parade of... Continue reading
For Gaza by Mike Jenkins They dried up the terrainLike parched riverbeds with only names left They bombed the shops and warehouses –Every child’s stomach a crater... Continue reading
In Gaza by Kevin McCann, with image above by Martin Gollan There’s a boy, Maybe three, maybe four, Dirty knees, Dusty face, Tousled hair And within arm’s... Continue reading
Yer Ower Voices! (Culture Matters) £12 , ISBN 978 1 912710 54 6 Editor: Mike Jenkins Dialect poems in Welsh and English from Cymru is the subtitle of... Continue reading
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