A Review of Undercover Work by Nick Burbridge (Olympia Publishers, 2025) By Alan Morrison Nick Burbridge is a Brighton-based ‘stalwart of the folk revival’, a veteran songwriter-lyricist... Continue reading
Mark Perryman measures the impact of England’s Euro 2025 Victory The 2025 sporting summer will forever be remembered for three and a bit weeks in Switzerland and... Continue reading
A contribution to the launch of Release the Sausages!: Poems for Keir Starmer at The Lit & Phil, Newcastle, 30th July 2025, by Bob Beagrie Andy Croft... Continue reading
By Mark Perryman Summer is a time for the beach, sunshine, sunglasses and in between whatever takes our marine fancy for a holiday read. A bit of... Continue reading
Franco’s troops, Madrid,1936; Netanyahu’s troops, Gaza, 2025 By Nick Moss This is a review of two recent books published by Culture Matters – Michael Rosen’s Words United,... Continue reading
By Dennis Broe Nautilus, a reimagining of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, is a triumph of a series, in which the villains are the thinly... Continue reading
Cover pic: still from the American mockumentary The Office Will Kitchen introduces his new book In his book The Great Cat Massacre and other Episodes in French... Continue reading
By Alan McGuire In the Madrid underground, there’s an anti-drugs advert that shows a mirror alongside the words: “You are seeing who is responsible for your life.”... Continue reading
Free Palestine! By Nick Moss The politics of genocide At the time of writing, Palestine Action have been proscribed as a terrorist organisation. Those Labour MPs who... Continue reading
The country pub offers a seductive account of an imagined country lifestyle – timeless bucolic images and rustic comfortable settings. However, there is a deeper, darker side... Continue reading