Israeli bombing of Nabatieh, March 10 2026. Wikimedia Commons Poem and commentary by Omar Sabbagh, in Beirut Freedom In The Age of Trump A simple bird once... Continue reading
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Commons image By John Pateman My first article, Decolonising Public Libraries, explained the history and context of public libraries. This second article, Building a Library Campaign, covers... Continue reading
In this edition of Our Culture Jack Clarke takes us on a tour of Salford and the stops includes several buildings that have been abandoned. Here Jack... Continue reading
Airtins is available here By Geoff Bottoms For those of us who are “sassenachs” this collection of poems in the Scots language can be a challenge for... Continue reading
The book will be available here By John Pateman Public libraries are not what they appear to be. The public library is often presented as a safe,... Continue reading
Image: Commons There is a myth that Van Gogh was self-taught genius whose greatest works were knocked out at the rate of five or six a week.... Continue reading
Commons image By Dennis Broe One strand of the American character, popularized by America’s first novelist James Fenimore Cooper, is that of the rugged but honest pioneer,... Continue reading
Credit: Lance Skundrich/Riot Games By Jack Clarke The first PC I owned came from the back room of Bowlers Market in Manchester, rammed into a grey box... Continue reading
Image: Wikimedia Commons By Leila d’Aronville Recently, I’ve noticed posts and conversations where people express disillusionment with how we talk about the region and what it means... Continue reading
Image: Working-class Writers’ Collective By Jake Trelease In a rainy morning in 1954, Sid Chaplin climbed out of the pit and handed Raymond Williams a letter: ‘just... Continue reading
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