by Ciarán O’Rourke More and more inhuman, every day.I feel just like an animal, squatting,squalid, in the corner, my chill-blained feetfoot-sore, among the rubbish and the dirt.There... Continue reading
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Photo: Steve Phillips by Steve Pottinger Kneecap /ˈniːkap/ nounConvex bone in front ofknee joint; the patella.Articulates with femur. Kneecap /ˈniːkap/ nounIrish hip hop trio articulatingwithout fear, speaking... Continue reading
by Nick Moss How hard, it seems, is it to become convinced that the spirit of love, if it is to be genuinely beneficent – and therefore... Continue reading
To celebrate International Workers’ Day, Culture Matters is pleased to announce the publication of a new book of poems, The Last Days of Alicante, by Alan McGuire,... Continue reading
Photo courtesy of the Morning Star by James O’Brien There’s always a different time to be born,It was just our chance to be born then.When the world... Continue reading
Wikimedia Commons image by Abigail Ottley You can open a window and fill your lungs with sweet, wholesome air; be at peace with the world as you... Continue reading
The rats of Birmingham love the hollowed-out places,They rumble in bin bags waiting to rupture,Spilling ordure over the backs of scabs outsourcing the deal.The rats abandoned the... Continue reading
by Kevin Patrick McCann Selected for chantingOn a demonstrationHe’s cuffed and bundledInto a police van,Unloaded at the stationThen it’s “Full name Grandad!” “Spell that!” “Identification!” The old... Continue reading
Waking at first light in the hopeof some miraculous resurrection of hope,an Easter miracle come early, I turn onmy phone, find that the people of Gaza– every... Continue reading
The Beatitudes, by Ignacia Ruiz by Nick Moss These are strange times. You can go to bed thinking Labour are still the party of a rank-rotten reformism... Continue reading
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