St. George’s flags: commons image By S. J. Litherland In the pit villages where abandoned corridorsrun underground, where there is nothing to seeon Front Street except empty... Continue reading
The book is available here By Father Geoff Bottoms If the traditional portrayal of Mary Magdalene, as handed down in a patriarchal Church, is that of a... Continue reading
By Merryn Williams The crime did not go unrecorded.The phone link worked, her voice was heard.She found the fame she never wanted;her picture rockets round the world.... Continue reading
By Steve Pottinger Leading by example, Shabanais there, on Dover beach. Waiting. Making sure the cameragets her good side, hair glinting in the morning light. Lookingresolute in... Continue reading
Culture Matters is seeking poems for a new anthology to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1926 General Strike. We want to celebrate and memorialise the voices... Continue reading
By Paul Gander For all who fought for this country’s freedoms, and allwho continue to campaign peacefully for them Time won’t be kind to them, but silently... Continue reading
By Kevin Patrick McCann Told me how, as a schoolboyBack in 1933, he saw BrownshirtsThreatening his music teacher,Heard him shout defiantly, “To HellWith you and Adolf!” only... Continue reading
By Jim Aitken The clip of him on the Six O’ Clock News dancing,dancing with as much rhythmas the dinosaur he is, has to make usquestion our... Continue reading
By Roger Marheine When shall the qualitative moment reveal itself?The seismographic shift as earth’s plates realign.The great swerve of history, its incandescent flair all consuming, all destroying,... Continue reading
By Anne Enith Cooper Let’s not talk about it. Let’s just notdon’t want to hear about tipping pointsand feedback loops on a Friday. So the corals have... Continue reading