Starmtroopers on the march: commons image By Paul Francis A leader needs a right-hand manto plot the course, draw up the plan.We guess that it’s the leader’s... Continue reading
Thursday 5th February 2026, 7:45pm, Leeds Playhouse, Leeds, LS2 7UP Voices of Resilience, an evening of diaries and poetry from Gaza, is coming to Leeds Playhouse on... Continue reading
Image: Stop the War Coalition By Lizzie Eldridge So.I’m watching a webinarabout how to growyour business.The language is new age,pseudo-spiritual. Right in the middle,some Israeli guy pops... Continue reading
Edited by Nandi Jola and Omobola Osamor (CivicLeicester, 2025) By Alan Morrison At this time of anti-immigrant rhetoric and measures of the Western Right, from Trump’s thuggish... Continue reading
‘The face before you’ is available here By Jim Aitken Mohammed Moussa’s latest poetry collection The face before you is published by Leamington Books of Edinburgh. His... Continue reading
Cover design by Martin Rowson for Words United by Michael Rosen Last year Culture Matters published Words United by Michael Rosen, available here. This year we will... Continue reading
Image: Martin Gollan By Steve Pottinger Nurse means terrorist.Mother means terrorist.Clergy means terrorist.ICE means thug. Poor means terrorist.Black means terrorist.Woke means terrorist.ICE means thug. Law means tear... Continue reading
By Alan McGuire Marking the anniversary of the Atocha massacre (1977) and the collective, peaceful response that shaped Spain’s democracy. When murder turns to peacewe bring hate... Continue reading
Image: Montecruz Foto By Lizzie Eldridge I stopped checking the newsJust for todayThe psycho-maniacsstuck hard at itanyway I went shoppingSunk my thumbDeep into avocadosbrazenly labelledProduct of Israel... Continue reading