by Nick Moss When I began writing poetry in jail, there were a core group of writers who influenced me – Bertolt Brecht, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Pablo... Continue reading
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(Photo credit: NASA/Paul E. Alers) by Alan McCormick You heard his speech, right? So-called President. Not good. Not good at his job. Not a good person, as... Continue reading
Recently I attended a meeting organised by the Liverpool writers’ group Writing on the Wall, to gather ideas for the 25th version of their annual May literature... Continue reading
Margaret Heffernan outlines the precarious situation facing artists Artists are generally thought of as either starving in a garret (La Boheme and all that) or jammy millionaires... Continue reading
Mark Perryman provides his annual seasonal reading guide OK twelve books in twelve days, in between welcoming Santa down the chimney, preparing the nut roast for Christmas... Continue reading
Michael Rosen reading his poems On Sunday 9th December at the Cockpit Theatre in London, I attended the celebration and farewell of twenty years publishing by Smokestack... Continue reading
Around 60 people gathered last Saturday in Barnsley for the Communist Party’s first-ever conference on culture. Called ‘Class and Culture’, the conference was held in the inspiring... Continue reading
More than 1,000 authors have launched a boycott of Israeli publishers complicit in the dispossession of the Palestinian people, and Culture Matters supports the boycott. These writers... Continue reading
Soil and Soulwas first published in 2001, and it was a thoroughly well-received book. In his Foreword to it, George Monbiot described it as ‘a ground-breaking book.’ ... Continue reading
Fair Play Cabaret With the backing of Equity, a cultural campaign is being launched which is centred around an ongoing series of events across the country. They... Continue reading
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