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Dahiya Doctrine

16 December 2023 / 370

Dahiya Doctrine by Nick Moss Bibi and Yoav banging on the table, demandingAshes, dust, blood.The IDF playing moksha patam with groups of the displaced.“Move south of Wadi... Continue reading

Nick Moss

Poetry

The Present

15 December 2023 / 349

The Present by Lisa Kelly is very hard to determine with any of our senses.I am trying to live in its abstract noun –a gift as the... Continue reading

Lisa Kelly

Poetry

Slow and Steady Wins the Race

15 December 2023 / 387

Slow and Steady Wins the Race by Anne Irwin Gather from the gutterye outsiders and ruffians we’ll fatten you on ideologiesblood you for battleprepare you for war.... Continue reading

Anne Irwin

Fiction

Putting the ‘Who Dun It?’ back at the centre of hard-boiled crime fiction

15 December 2023 / 382

In the Anglo world, things generally get lumped together, but in the Francophone world the two kinds of crime fiction are worlds apart. One branch of French... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

Fiction

Prophet Song: A wake-up call for the middle classes?

13 December 2023 / 407

Oh, oh, people of the earthListen to the warning the seer he said“Beware the storm that gathers here”Listen to the wise man.– The Prophet’s Song, Queen, 1975... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Whose Bad Books?

13 December 2023 / 361

Whose Bad Books? by Christopher Norris, with image by Martin Gollan 1 Our pastor, he said ‘Praise the Lord,Give praise unto His name,And spread the gospel news... Continue reading

Christopher Norris

Poetry

Bought and Sold

11 December 2023 / 325

Bought and Sold by Benjamin Zephaniah Smart big awards and prize moneyIs killing off black poetryIt’s not censors or dictators that are cutting up our art.The lure... Continue reading

Benjamin Zephaniah

Poetry

The Day Mr. Zephaniah Died

11 December 2023 / 336

The Day Mr Zephaniah Died after Frank O’Hara by Jenny Mitchell On the seventh day of the twelfth month 2023, at the National Maritime Museum, a minute... Continue reading

Jenny Mitchell

Rhythm and rhyme, wrapped in a smile, chanting the struggles of the working class: Benjamin Zephaniah 1958-2023

11 December 2023 / 355

Benjamin Zephaniah was a poet who didn’t just want to read poems, he wanted to perform poems, rooted in the oral tradition, bringing poetry to life, bringing... Continue reading

Roy McFarlane

Fiction

Their Blood-Soaked Liberty

9 December 2023 / 411

Socialist crime novels are perhaps not a genre that comes obviously to mind, either for those who read crime fiction or fans of the socialist novel. Yet... Continue reading

Phil Brett

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