If by Martin Rowson If you can keep your head when all about youAre telling you its contents don’t inspire;If you can trust yourself when all men... Continue reading
I’d rather be a striker than a scab by Michael Jarvie It’s Wednesday, the 4th of January, and yet another day of the protracted RMT strike. When... Continue reading
I’ve known journalist and lecturer Jan Goodey for many years and was shocked and saddened to learn he had been sentenced last November to a six-month jail... Continue reading
International film awards are by no means a good film guide, and this applies as much to The Banshees of Inisherin as to other films. The story... Continue reading
Liberties by Peter Bennett does what E.M. Forster, in his Aspects of the Novel (1927), says a novel must invariably do: ‘The novel – oh dear yes... Continue reading
Keith Flett proposes some ways of taking back control of brewing and pubs, beyond the reach of ‘Big Beer’ in brewing and pubs. Image above: the former... Continue reading
Subtracted by Dee Allen, with image from the Black and Missing Foundation Sisters aren’t valuedIn this world of oursSeen nowhere on the streetsNot the hospitals, malls or... Continue reading
Jesus Comes to the Christmas Parade by Rebecca Lowe Jesus came to the Christmas parade,strangely incongruous amongstall the dancing reindeer and artificial snow,almost apologetic, shuffling forwardin his... Continue reading
Three Bilingual Tanka by Gabriel Rosenstock Kerouac 1 was written in response to a seldom-cited socialist manifesto by Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), novelist and haiku master: Shorter hours... Continue reading
Fran Lock introduces a ‘Gypsy Futurist’ science fiction story called ‘Enlightenment For All!’, available to download as a pdf below. Image above courtesy of Jack Varnell Realistic... Continue reading