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See what life is like: an interview with Dorothy Spencer

26 November 2020 / 323

Fran Lock interviews Dorothy Spencer, an editor at Lumpen journal, writer, poet and mental health worker. Her first collection, See What Life is Like was published by... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Books

The Sikh Snowman

25 November 2020 / 370

Some snowmen had topknots. Some wore football scarves and skull caps. Some had veils over their faces. One had fairy wings. They all began to sing…… Snowfall,... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Cultural Commentary

Culture is Bad For You

25 November 2020 / 388

Mike Quille interviews Mark Taylor, co-author of Culture is Bad For You, by Orian Brook, Dave O’Brien and Mark Taylor, published by Manchester University Press. Q. The usual... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Poetry

Naked under 10,000-watt lightbulbs

25 November 2020 / 351

Naked under 10,000-watt lightbulbs by Fred Voss We machinistsare lucky to have our machinesmachine handles we can grab when we are lonely green steel machine sides we... Continue reading

Fred Voss

Poetry

What is Present: History, by John Berger

17 November 2020 / 321

David Betteridge writes about the poem ‘History’ What interests me about the existence of archives is that you enter the past which is as it were in... Continue reading

David Betteridge

Life Writing

Other / White Other

16 November 2020 / 326

Other/ White Other by Fran Lock There is silence in the workshop when the young woman asks me am I sure I’m white. Silence, not embarrassed, but... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Visual Arts

Capitalism Always Wins

10 November 2020 / 341

Bob Starrett

Poetry

Shopping Centre

9 November 2020 / 326

Shopping Centre words and image by Rebecca Samura I know it scared you every time our eyes lit up.Little hands reaching for shiny plastic and colourful lights.... Continue reading

Rebecca Samura

Books

From the Plough to the Stars

8 November 2020 / 340

From the Plough to the Stars: An Anthology of Working People’s Prose from Contemporary Ireland – outof print, EBOOK only This is the follow-up volume to Children... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Poetry

Little Boy

8 November 2020 / 346

Little Boy by Gerda Stevenson Little Boy is on his way, snugin the metal womb of Enola Gay,all of his components prepped, but not quite ready yet... Continue reading

Gerda Stevenson

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