To mark the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, here is the Introduction to Fran Lock’s latest book, with all images by Ignacia Ruiz Introduction: Our Resurrection Who... Continue reading
In 1986, over 5000 print and clerical workers from News International went on strike and were fired. The company owned four of Britain’s biggest and most influential... Continue reading
By Denni Turpafter Hannah Silva Democracy, Democracy, she’s wanderedhomeless has Democracy, shivered in caveopenings and at zipped-shut tent flaps,tall shuttered buildings where Democracy,she’s barred, shut out, Democracy,... Continue reading
In Winding / Unwinding Denni Turp takes the colloquial British cliché “As the actress said to the bishop” and strips away the comic veneer from this classed... Continue reading
By Jim Aitken Michael Rosen loves words. He loves their sense, their sounds, their layers of meaning and the uses they can be put to. He does... Continue reading
Protest against arming Israel by Steve Pottinger It is 5.26pm on the 2nd of July and Kevin is clocking out for the week.He waits now for a... Continue reading
Another interior monologue from Keir Starmer on his suspension of four Labour rebels who voted against the Pathways to Work green paper, Rachael Maskell, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian... Continue reading
By Paul Francis You’re sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.Our story’s of big business, what it needsand how its operation is win-win.We know that our economy succeedswhen regulation... Continue reading
By Christopher Norris 1 In some ways you lot had it easy;No bolt-holes for the conscience-queasy,Though private motives might look sleazyTo later eyesAnd the tone sound a... Continue reading
Review by Neil Fulwood, editor of the superb website Chainlink There is a technique in poetry, borrowed from Apophatic Theology, called the via negativa, whereby attention is drawn... Continue reading