Annemasse, France, 18/08/1944: a group of children who survived thanks to Marianne Cohn and Myla Racine By S. J. Litherland For Ray and Alec Waterman Open the... Continue reading
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Category: Poetry
A stroll along the tow-path of the Forth & Clyde Canal leads to a chance conversation with an ex-soldier at the Stockingfield Bridge, on the northern outskirts... Continue reading
There is a long tradition of working-class poetry in Italy. Worker-poets like Sandro Sardella, Luigi di Ruscio and Tommaso di Ciaula described the reality of factory work... Continue reading
By Roger Cornish Jack was fuming.He’d simply had enough. He said: “They come over here.They come over here.” “Who comes over here, Jack?” “Thems boat people,thems boat... Continue reading
Christian England by Gilbert and George By Gregory Dalrymple-White All this used to be fieldsthat spreadyields that fed peoplewho gave ambitionto a systemabused all of this used... Continue reading
Commons image: CC by 2.0 By Peter Raynard What wee timorous beastie have you become?Scurrying between abstruse summationsthat we cannae yet speak of until the drumsof excise... Continue reading
Refugees Forever – Palestine Nakba, 1948. Image: Wikicommons By Mike Jenkins The soldier in full camouflageHelmet, face-covering and gun,Poking the man with it like a bayonet. This... Continue reading
‘Come build in the empty house of the stare.’ – W. B. Yeats Sparrows are nestingunder the eaves again,where the wood is rottingand the insulation’s gone.The nearby... Continue reading
I told them the flat was damp,cold, that mould grew in the kitchen,mushrooms in the wardrobe.They gave me a flag.Said “Here, wave this.” I took the flag.... Continue reading
Free ebook available here By Paul Francis Has Labour blown it? Sold their souls?It’s Armageddon at the polls.Remember twenty twenty-four,that talk of Change? Not any more. A... Continue reading
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