Roger Cornish worked as a Coal Miner for 23 years. Roger writes about desire, camaraderie, grief, class, faith lost and faith of a different kind found. Here... Continue reading
By Chivonne Barrington Head I first met Paul at Ian Parks’ Read To Write Workshop in 2024 where I purchased a copy of another collection of Paul’s... Continue reading
by Arwen Webb you gave up your teaching jobarrested unafraidforce fed forty-nine timesa month’s hard labouryou blockaded your cellthe guard filled it with wateryou sued the wardensthey... Continue reading
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