Please Be Advised by Helen Bovaird Ryan I’d just like to start this morning by welcoming you one and allTo this wonderful institution Our government, many thanks... Continue reading
To mark the 110th anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s birthday on July 14, 1912, here is an edited version of an interview with Bobbi and Steve Siegelbaum from the... Continue reading
Joe Strummer, leader, lead singer and lyricist for the seminal punk band, The Clash, died twenty years ago this year. But long after his death and that... Continue reading
What I like about Jim Aitken’s poems is the way they can surprise us by travelling at speed from A to B, and sometimes a lot further.... Continue reading
Apocryphal Idols by Cheryl Vail, with image above by Martin Gollan Liberty’s a goddess yet how can she embody her name when she isn’t permitted to be ... Continue reading
When is the last time you read an exciting story about the working class engaged in determined and successful struggle? This is just what Charles Andrews sets... Continue reading
Michael Jarvie reviews Stewart Lee’s show, Snowflake Tornado Stewart Lee is the undisputed master of anti-comedy, or, if you like, meta-comedy. Drawing on Bertolt Brecht’s theatrical technique, which in... Continue reading
Shelley was born shortly after the French Revolution, heir to a substantial estate and also to a seat in Parliament, on 4 August 1792 in Sussex, England.... Continue reading
queeny land / ’er indoors by Fran Lock i coined us a country. ’er indoors is a branked scold crowned at the kirk, hands in the hingedpillory... Continue reading