Daffodils by Fran Lock and what of them? hardy stragglersbetween wastelands, waste laneswith the weather wetly trepanning the factories. by junctions of squathope, the stooping of resolute... Continue reading
He’s done it again! A few years ago, Ed Edwards exploded into Edinburgh with ‘A Political History of Smack and Crack’, performed at the Fringe Festival. It... Continue reading
Respite by Wayne Dean-Richards I watch an episode of the original Star Trek TV series, followed immediately by an episode ofWhatever Happened to the Likely Lads? followed... Continue reading
Nick Moss reviews two new books from Smokestack: The Dogs, by Michael Stewart, and Black Bullets in the Sweet Jar by Alison Carr Michael Stewart’s The Dogs... Continue reading
My Liverpool home by Ruth Aylett Made by a funnel-shaped Mersey whose bottlenecked tides scouredthe sand that did for Chester;made by blood money lives of the enslaved,... Continue reading
Whippoorwills and Welding Rods by Fred Voss When I first started in a machine shopI didn’t even know how t use a file“Didn’t anyone teach you how... Continue reading
England and Son is a one-man play written specifically for the political comedian Mark Thomas by award-winning playwright Ed Edwards (The Political History of Smack and Crack). It’s a heartbreaking... Continue reading
Writer-director Brett Gregory on his bleak, moving, semi-autobiographical feature film, ‘Nobody Loves You and You Don’t Deserve to Exist’, which tackles austerity, class, and mental health. Images... Continue reading