By Owen Gallagher I can still see that four-foot, ten-inch lioness,in an orange sari, stridingtowards fellow strikers on the picket line. Hundreds of police flanked the crowdsto... Continue reading
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By Peter Devonald Pushed, poked and prodded by police,sworn at, shouted at and spat at,hit with riot shields, batons and lies,horses charge, panicked and terrified. Remain strong... Continue reading
By Rob Walton On January 26th John Logie Baird shows folkthis contraption which could be used to showlock-outs/brutality/the dangers of short-sightbut ends up being used to show... Continue reading
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
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