A Golden Shovel, from Shakespeare’s Henry VI Part 2 Written Upon the Green Party Winning Four Seats by Julian Bishop A musk rose budding, rosette for a... Continue reading
Euro 2024 by Steve Pottinger the bees dropping into the poppies in my gardendo not care that Saka’s scored a screamerthat the mood in the Red Lion... Continue reading
Steel Brotherhood by Fred Voss 47 years ago in the steel mill I remembera steelworker picking up 2 steel shanksand knocking them togetherso they rang out in... Continue reading
A Gaza Hunt (after: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, by Michael Rosen) by Ruth Aylett We’re going on a food huntlet’s hope we find someI’m not... Continue reading
Sunak’s Sorry, Keir’s Ear and the Ghost of John Smith or, 58 and Not Out by David Erdos Would John Smith be pleased? Yes, of course. To... Continue reading
Gaza Bucket and spade, child and sandBucket and spade, and sand The next poem is a response to Forensic Architecture’s work on the murder of Hind... Continue reading
Change by Steven Taylor This time tomorrow, next week or yesterday, at the latest (it’s hard to tell the difference) Sir Keir Starmer will be the new... Continue reading
Pre-election day, this is the perfect antidote to baby-kissing canvassers and interview soundbites. It’s a searingly honest and at times uproariously funny selection of polemical and activist... Continue reading
Alastair McIntosh reviews The Orgreave Stations, by William Hershaw with images by Les McConnell. Photos below by Alastair McIntosh, images by Les McConnell A few hours after... Continue reading
Tyrant by Pete Godfrey, with image above by Martin Gollan Never have we seen one quite like this,Empty of respect or feeling, King Disdain,Terror his watchword, bombs... Continue reading