by Sally Richards I was watching youon T.V.June 2025:mouth movingdefiant orator;blank eyes,not thinkingabout consequences;making soundsuttering,defending the indefensiblewelfare cuts –pebble-dash wordscreating fear, immobilising.Did you truly understandwhat theycooked upin... Continue reading
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Right turn, left turn, U-turn By Paul Francis, with image above by Martin Gollan “We could end up as strangers in our landif immigration gets out of... Continue reading
Image: Harey Zahav/social media By Maria De Stefano “As you sow so shall you reap.” That ‘s what they say in Gaz-A-Lago, an ancient law of the... Continue reading
An internal monologue from Keir Starmer anticipating the Pathways to Work Green Paper vote of 1st July 2025 ‘Given steady economic growth, however, ‘the true object of... Continue reading
This is a poem from my latest collection of dialect poems ‘Igh Sheriff o Merthyr’( Carreg Gwalch). The film is made by Steve Jones, who I’ve collaborated... Continue reading
The War Abroad, by Alix Emery deja vu invites me to join the death dance by Anne Enith Cooper Continue reading
by Steve Pottinger, with image above by Martin Gollan Wearing Benjie’s dirty undies like a helmet on his headToolman doesn’t raise a finger for the hundred thousand... Continue reading
CC image from Al-Jazeera by Nick Moss PART ONE23 June 2025 Airless. Can’t sleep. New neighbours got a house party.Bullshit south London neo-prog and wispy folk soundtrack.The... Continue reading
by Michael Rosen In the heart of western governments there is a special human breed known as ‘Heartless Bastards’ who are at this very moment figuring out... Continue reading
Here is a link to the launch of Release the Sausages! Poems for Keir Starmer and panel discussion at the Lit & Phil in Newcastle, on Wednesday 30 July... Continue reading
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