Image: Burak Bir By Steve Pottinger Mumble a mantra about flags.Anyone can do this, and it need notbe done well. Is better when it isn’t.We stand for... Continue reading
By John O’Donoghue Alan Morrison is the author of twelve poetry collections, and founding editor of The Recusant and Militant Thistles webzines. His thirteenth book, The Alderbank... Continue reading
Billy Fullerton, leader of the Glasgow Billy Boys in the 1920s and member of the British Fascists You people of the Shankill Road, what’s the matter with... Continue reading
Young Roundhead Jared Amory relates the story of his childhood friend, Gideon Wade, who early in the English Civil War/ Revolution deserts the Royalist cause, which he... Continue reading
The Tiger Montage, by John J Heartfield, Germany 1931 Once there was a little girl called Sophieand she was having tea with her mummy in the kitchen.Suddenly... Continue reading
By Ness Sadri Clutching my fashion jewellery, a gold cross I had bought in a hurry, I walk through a town that feels more hostile than ever. ... Continue reading
“Patriotism will always be an important thing to [the Prime Minister]. Absolutely, patriotism, putting up English flags”—The prime minister’s spokesperson “I’m going to confess I have not... Continue reading
A Palestinian woman near the Israeli fence in Mas’Ha. By Cathal Ó SearcaighAfter Tawfiq Zayyad Here in Gaza, in Ramallah, in Galilee,we will perpetuate our kind, preserve our... Continue reading
Prosepoem and image by Abdulghani Al-Shuaibi What is the meaning of endurance? That was all—a simple question; one that pressed heavier with each night, as the sky... Continue reading
A found poem by David Betteridge, made from sentences in a speech made by Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Geneva, 22nd... Continue reading