Blog – Page 36 – Culture Matters

Social Mobility

20 June 2023 / 333

Social Mobility by Patrick Druggan March is a borderline monththat tells you that the world has always been this way, it will never change. The world is... Continue reading

Patrick Druggan

Visual Arts

The strength, courage and creativity of women: the paintings of Artemisia Gentileschi

18 June 2023 / 366

Jenny Farrell writes about Artemisia Gentileschi (8 July 1593-1656) One of the great weaknesses of bourgeois establishment art analysis is that the artist and their work are... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Clive Branson and Montagu Slater: Poetry reviews

14 June 2023 / 338

Nick Moss reviews two new books from Smokestack Books: The Selected Poems of Clive Branson, edited by Richard Knott, and The Collected Poems of Montagu Slater, edited by... Continue reading

Nick Moss

The Mandelson Masterclass

14 June 2023 / 354

The Mandelson Masterclass by Paul Francis You ready, Keir? The die is cast. Embrace the future, ditch the past.You, Rayner, Nandy were a teambut solidarity’s a dreamand... Continue reading

Paul Francis

Poetry

The Colossus of Snide

12 June 2023 / 367

The Colossus of Snide by James O’Brien Feet planted on pilings too small to bear the weight,The sunken god fell, contradicted by the elements,The mournful plaintiff soon... Continue reading

James O Brien

Poetry

The Refugee Game

6 June 2023 / 318

The Refugee Game by Mike Jenkins You start in your own land. What are you fleeing from? Pick a card: drought, war, famine,A callous, oppressive regime. If... Continue reading

Mike Jenkins

Poetry

Del Boy Trump Rides Again

30 May 2023 / 343

Del Boy Trump Rides Again by Carol King, with image by Martin Gollan Ere mate, come over ere an listen to this.Some old tart dared to cross... Continue reading

Carol King

Fiction

Love, mutual trust and solidarity: Chingiz Aitmatov, the Kyrgyzstan national writer

28 May 2023 / 498

One of the lasting effects of the continuing cultural Cold War against all socialist thought and culture is the West’s denial of the art of socialist countries.... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Fiction

Returning the Screw

27 May 2023 / 339

Returning the Screw By P.V. Tims After Henry James Have you got a match? My name is Quint. And no, growing up with a name that sounds... Continue reading

Paul Victor Tims

Poetry

Work

27 May 2023 / 302

Work by Charlie Hill I’ve never been drawn to young men who stand wide-legged;supervisors and the like, with their hair and their shoes and the obedience of... Continue reading

Charlie Hill

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