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Anxious Corporals: Fran Lock interviews Alan Morrison

30 August 2021 / 322

Fran Lock interviews Alan Morrison about Anxious Corporals, a polemical and poetic history of post-war working-class culture, which can be ordered here Fran Lock: Hi Alan, thanks for... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

The Neo-colonialist Dreams

29 August 2021 / 345

The Neo-colonialist Dreams by Kevin Higgins Of moving the horn of Africa to the same time zone as Wisconsin. Of teaching Somalishow to properly appreciate cheese.Of surgeons... Continue reading

Kevin Higgins

Poetry

The daily resistance of rising: Bernie Crawford’s Living Water

24 August 2021 / 323

Jenny Farrell reviews Bernie Crawford’s new collection, Living Water, Chaffinch Press 2021. Bernie Crawford’s debut collection is a profound pleasure to read. It is informed and heightened... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Fiction

Shuggie Bain and working-class writing

24 August 2021 / 351

Jenny Farrell review Douglas Stuart’s new novel Douglas Stuart won the 2020 Booker prize for his debut novel Shuggie Bain, set in his home town of Glasgow... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Life Writing

Kate Clanchy’s Class Conflict

16 August 2021 / 490

Michael Jarvie criticises Clanchy’s recent memoir, and the publishing and reviewing industry responsible for its publication and promotion Kate Clanchy’s memoir, Some Kids I Taught and What... Continue reading

Michael Jarvie

Poetry

Black Rapunzel

15 August 2021 / 310

Black Rapunzel by Jenny Mitchell Family gathers in these plaits,each parting like a grave for people forced to work the cane, colour of my scalp,sun beating on... Continue reading

Jenny Mitchell

Music

The Beatle, the Bankie and the Bouquet

6 August 2021 / 367

Chris McGachy uncovers the full story behind Lennon’s donation to the workers as he transformed from affable moptop to militant activist following the breakup of The Beatles.... Continue reading

Chris McGachy

Poetry

Take the Step

5 August 2021 / 346

Take the Step by Yanis Iqbal Tremblingly and caressingly, The sun spins a thread of morning From the depths and dregs of yesterday’s night, Aware that nothing... Continue reading

Yanis Iqbal

Fiction

Place, personality and politics: the life and loves of D. H. Lawrence

5 August 2021 / 490

Alan Dent writes about D. H. Lawrence Stand at the front door of 8a Victoria St, Eastwood and turn to your left and you can see the... Continue reading

Alan Dent

Fiction

Walter Scott and the historical novel

26 July 2021 / 458

On his 250th anniversary, Jenny Farrell writes about Walter Scott and his historical novels, uncovering themes of class conflict, ethnic and nationalist struggles, and how the personal... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

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