Free ebook available here By Paul Francis Has Labour blown it? Sold their souls?It’s Armageddon at the polls.Remember twenty twenty-four,that talk of Change? Not any more. A... Continue reading
Anti-war poster, c. 1970 Take Your Eyes Off the Prize“Busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels.”—William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part Two When long-buried truthsAre brought into the light,And... Continue reading
By Anne Enith Cooper Let’s not talk about it. Let’s just notdon’t want to hear about tipping pointsand feedback loops on a Friday. So the corals have... Continue reading
By Chris Norris Oh Ramsay MacDonald, be now of good cheer,For I’ve tidings to bring if I may;Worst of tidings for your Labour Party, I fear,But for... Continue reading
The Rich and the Poor, by Ignacia Ruiz Jim Aitken reviews four new poetry books Culture Matters have four poetry collections that all seem to have forms... Continue reading
President Donald Trump shaking hands with Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Commons image. By Violet White Behold, the wicked conceive harm,are pregnant with injustice,and give birth to lies.... Continue reading
Review by Neil Fulwood, editor of the superb website Chainlink There is a technique in poetry, borrowed from Apophatic Theology, called the via negativa, whereby attention is drawn... Continue reading
Right turn, left turn, U-turn By Paul Francis, with image above by Martin Gollan “We could end up as strangers in our landif immigration gets out of... Continue reading
Effigy of Keir Starmer at a protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza, by Alisdare Hickson, CCA 2.0 by Bob Beagrie It comes like a spate in the river,inexorable and... Continue reading
By Chris Norris 1 Quite something, bold Sir Keir: an honour rare!Scarcely a year in office, and it’s youWho stand unchallenged as one of the twoMost hated... Continue reading