Blog – Page 83 – Culture Matters

A Fearless Gaze of Hope: Quines, by Gerda Stevenson

26 March 2020 / 342

Jim Aitken reviews a book of radical women’s voices: Quines, by Gerda Stevenson. Accompanying illustrations of textiles are by artists from EDGE: Textile Artists Scotland. The second... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Poetry

In The White Man’s Clinic

25 March 2020 / 319

On the day the Irish government announced they are (for the duration of the crisis) incorporating all private hospitals into the public health system, Kevin Higgins offers... Continue reading

Kevin Higgins

Poetry

Capital and Christ’s message: For Ernesto Cardenal

8 March 2020 / 344

Chris Norris presents a poem in honour of Ernesto Cardenal (1925 – 2020) Ernesto Cardenal, who died on March 1st this year, was a Nicaraguan poet, Marxist,... Continue reading

Chris Norris

Poet, priest, politician and revolutionary: RIP Ernesto Cardenal

4 March 2020 / 325

Tim Hollins pays homage to Ernesto Cardenal (1925 – 2020), Nicaraguan poet, priest, politician, and revolutionary Perhaps only in Nicaragua would those 4 terms sit easily to describe... Continue reading

Tim Hollins

Poetry

Questioning Capitalism: The Climate Matters Anthology 2020

24 February 2020 / 321

Sally Flint calls for submissions to this new anthology of poems, stories, science writing and images, a collaboration between Culture Matters and Riptide Journal (University of Exeter) ‘We... Continue reading

Sally Flint

TV, internet and other media

The Deadly Facade Of ‘Democracy’

19 February 2020 / 315

David Cromwell analyses the way that autocratic, runaway capitalism has corrupted the mainstream media, and why there will not, and cannot, be major changes in society without genuine... Continue reading

David Cromwell

Theatre

Uplifting, stunning and powerful: The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff

16 February 2020 / 316

John Giddens reviews The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff at The Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne The North East based contemporary folk trio, The Young’uns, tell the tale... Continue reading

John Giddins

Poetry

The Winning Cock

16 February 2020 / 333

The Winning Cock by S. O. Fasrus The winning cock continued crowingEmboldened by his win, and knowingNo fowl could make a bigger dinwhen pecking orders favoured him. Continue reading

S O Fasrus

Poetry

Anthologies of poetry as revolutionary documents: The Children of the Nation

13 February 2020 / 294

Kevin Higgins lays into the Irish literary establishment, and praises The Children of the Nation: An Anthology of Working People’s Poetry from Contemporary Ireland, edited by Jenny Farrell... Continue reading

Kevin Higgins

Books

Onward / Ymlaen!

11 February 2020 / 337

Onward / Ymlaen! An anthology of radical poetry from contemporary Wales 170 pps., edited by Mike Jenkins, with a Foreword from Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of PCS,... Continue reading

Mike Quille

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