This poem is one of the many from the new poetry anthology Shoulder to Shoulder: Poems to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1926 General Strike Continue reading
by Rob Atkins It must have been like thisAs the English matriarch failed,The menfolk fuelling empireThe women taking over by the bed;Some of them she bore,The rest... Continue reading
Culture Matters is proud to publish a collection of poems by more than 60 poets commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1926 General Strike. These poems cover... Continue reading
Image credit: Alan McGuire By Jim Aitken How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways. An obscene ogre with that lethal combinationof ignorance and arrogance.A... Continue reading
Image courtesy of Gustavius Payne By Martin Hayes there are three ways first wayis to remove all of its packagingpierce a few holes in its skin with... Continue reading
By S. J. Litherland Can we focus on the Strait of Hormuz where traffic was stopped.In diagrams the little bits of boats and tankers were no longer... Continue reading
By Christopher Norris Today a man knocked at my door,Out canvassing for Labour.‘No chance’, I said; ‘you might have moreLuck with my next-door neighbour’. But then I... Continue reading
Image: Public Domain By Kevin Patrick McCann Four days had gone by since, Four days of listening appalled To children who talk like bomb Happy veterans I... Continue reading
By Chris Searle If you think that the rhyming couplet is a dry, tedious or anaesthetic form of poetry, you should read the 122 pages of Alan... Continue reading
Peregrine Cavendish is the landowner and 12th Duke of Devonshire, who…. By Bernadette Gallagher Wants to increase the rent 900%. Absenteelandlordism in Ireland’s Republic of 2026.We turn... Continue reading