by Steve Pottinger, with image above by Martin Gollan It’s a universal truth that we should have low expectationsof those who climb the greasy pole to lead... Continue reading
by Anne Irwin We were told a new world arosefrom the ashes of the second world warits collective narrative-Peace at all costsRespect for borders,We believedAll citizens are... Continue reading
Effigy of Keir Starmer at a protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza, by Alisdare Hickson, CCA 2.0 by Bob Beagrie It comes like a spate in the river,inexorable and... Continue reading
We’ve just published this anthology in praise of Sir Keir Starmer KC, containing no poems at all. One of the non-contributors, Simon Haines, has just sent us... Continue reading
by David Betteridge – Image and motto text by WILLIAM BLAKEfrom The Book of Urizen & The Grey Monk Dialogue:State Powers versus Citizens State Powers: We will... Continue reading
CCA image by Nick Moss Essential work devoted to the carting away of the non-essential.Clearing up the surplus, the food scraps, the bottles and tins of sugar-free... Continue reading
Reel Knewz and the Bin Men of Birmingham: A Garbage State of Affairs First, a poem by James O’Brien….. Bin Juice Bin juice is the toxic residue... Continue reading
Release the Sausages! is an anthology of poems, with absolutely no poems in it. It is a celebration of the first twelve months of Starmer’s government –... Continue reading
CCA image by Ellis Poole So skilled are we in warlike arts;at rending flesh and stopping hearts,we sell our wares to those inclinedto death and war and... Continue reading
The last Palestinian left alive in Gaza will be a child lying starving in the rubble. An IDF soldier will be filmed walking slowly over and shooting... Continue reading