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Gandhi: ‘The worst form of violence is poverty’

7 October 2019 / 407

Jenny Farrell reviews Walk with Gandhi, Bóthar na Saoirse, by Gabriel Rosenstock (Author) and Masood Hussain (Illustrator) Bóthar na Saoirse (Road to Freedom) Walk with Gandhi is a beautiful... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Films

Noura’s Dream

7 October 2019 / 349

Rita Di Santo reviews Noura’s Dream After screening at the Toronto Film Festival, French-Tunisian filmmaker Hinde Boudjemaa’s Noura’s Dream had its Middle East premiere at the El... Continue reading

Rita Di Santo

Poetry

Canticle of the Sun: for the Feast of St. Francis

4 October 2019 / 390

Canticle of the Sun for the feast of St. Francis, 4 October by Fran Lock And what if we should feel like singing? Liftour undefended faces to... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Books

Release a Rage of Red

2 October 2019 / 354

£5 plus £3.00 p. and p. ISBN: 978-1-912710-21-8 Release a Rage of Red is a selection of entries to the Bread & Roses Poetry Award 2019, sponsored... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Visual Arts

The revolutionary painting of Rembrandt van Rijn

26 September 2019 / 390

Jenny Farrell marks the 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt van Rijn with a discussion of some of his dynamic, democratic and deeply humane paintings Rembrandt’s... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Books

Raptures and Captures

25 September 2019 / 337

£7 plus £3.00 p. and p. ISBN: 978-1-912710-18-8 Raptures and Captures follows on from Muses and Bruises and Ruses and Fuses, both published by Culture Matters. It... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Poetry

Review: One of These Dead Places, by Jane Burn

19 September 2019 / 366

Michael Jarvie reviews One of These Dead Places by Jane Burn Jane Burn has forged her characteristic poetical voice in what can only be described as the... Continue reading

Michael Jarvie

Cultural Commentary

Tackling class-based discrimination in British culture

17 September 2019 / 301

Deirdre O’Neill and Mike Wayne argue that an incoming Labour government should make class discrimination a ‘protected characteristic’ in law. At the 2019 TUC Congress Jeremy Corbyn... Continue reading

Deirdre ONeill and Mike Wayne

Music

Calum Baird: Modern Man

17 September 2019 / 289

Chris Guiton reviews Calum Baird’s latest release Calum Baird’s new single Modern Man is a potent take on male identity. The Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter and political activist writes... Continue reading

Martin George - fix

Music

The Bread and Roses Songwriting and Spoken Word Award 2020

13 September 2019 / 290

Mollie Brown introduces the Bread & Roses Songwriting and Spoken Word Award 2020, and ‘the instinctive joy of taking control of cultural production’ The Communication Workers’ Union... Continue reading

Mollie Brown

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