Government declaration: A chancellor’s manifesto of honesty by Sven Kretzschmar Mr. Speaker, Sir! Members of Parliament –I said we can do it and I mean it: let’s... Continue reading
Culture Matters is proud to announce the publication and launch of The Cry of the Poor: An Anthology of Radical Writing About Poverty, selected and edited by... Continue reading
As I sit down to write this column the 40th anniversary of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp is fast approaching, with hundreds of women planning to... Continue reading
A Just Transition for Workers by Mick Drury ‘Get a job you wankers’ shouts the irate fist passing in his 4×4.Others wave and blow their horns. Outside... Continue reading
Anthropocaust by Rip Bulkeley Cassandra never smiled. Devastation,though future for others, was her constantreality. En route to the death campspeople were still together, had luggage,and could try... Continue reading
My body is not your soapbox by Cheryl Vail you are not the arbiter of my curve appealthe constable ticketing the lack of a gap between thighsor... Continue reading
The Neo-colonialist Dreams by Kevin Higgins Of moving the horn of Africa to the same time zone as Wisconsin. Of teaching Somalishow to properly appreciate cheese.Of surgeons... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell reviews Bernie Crawford’s new collection, Living Water, Chaffinch Press 2021. Bernie Crawford’s debut collection is a profound pleasure to read. It is informed and heightened... Continue reading
Black Rapunzel by Jenny Mitchell Family gathers in these plaits,each parting like a grave for people forced to work the cane, colour of my scalp,sun beating on... Continue reading
Take the Step by Yanis Iqbal Tremblingly and caressingly, The sun spins a thread of morning From the depths and dregs of yesterday’s night, Aware that nothing... Continue reading