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Echoing the Arch: In Memory of Desmond Tutu

17 January 2022 / 371

Echoing the ArchIn memory of Desmond Tutu (1931 – 2021) by David Betteridge He was portrayed as a dancing man,and one given to laughter,but he marched as... Continue reading

David Betteridge

Fiction

In search of the Marxist novel

15 January 2022 / 433

30-year-old Irish author Sally Rooney has been in the headlines following her refusal to grant the translation rights of her new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Two new poems by Fred Voss

15 January 2022 / 374

Under Their Sweaty Wings by Fred Voss I have had many fathers between tin wallsonewho told me to lay a crescent wrench across the jaws of a... Continue reading

Fred Voss

Poetry

What is History, Discuss?

26 December 2021 / 412

What is History, Discuss? “History is and was and so is that patch/ of pavement” begins ‘What is History, Discuss?’, the poem that opens Whatsname Street (Smokestack... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

Nadir: Poems about migrant children

26 December 2021 / 336

3 poems from ‘Nadir’ by Laura Fusco translated by Caroline Maldonado: The following poems are taken from a forthcoming collection, Nadir by Laura Fusco, the sequel to... Continue reading

Caroline Maldonado

Poetry

Sex on Toast

23 December 2021 / 413

Alun Rees reviews Sex on Toast, Selected Poems by Tôpher Mills (Parthian, £10) What to say of this astonishment of a book? How to encapsulate it in... Continue reading

Alun Rees

Poetry

Thomas Kinsella, 4 May 1928 – 22 December 2021

22 December 2021 / 377

Thomas Kinsella has died, aged 93. He must be counted among the great Irish poets of the 20th and 21st centuries. He was very involved in uncovering... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Keeping an eye on those in power

20 December 2021 / 304

The Poem by Niels Hav, translated by Heather Spears Don’t you put the poemin a headlock – You are under arrest! The poem won’t obey orders. The... Continue reading

Niels Hav

Films

Breaking the glass ceiling: Interview with Haifaa Al-Mansour, the first female Saudi director

20 December 2021 / 308

Rita Di Santo interviews Haifaa Al-Mansour the first female Saudi director, at the Red Sea Film Festival Haifaa Al-Mansour does not need much introduction. She is a... Continue reading

Rita Di Santo

Poetry

Britain in 2021after Shelley’s ‘England in 1819’ by Rip Bulkeley An old, bad, foolish and decaying state,Riddled with racism from empire’s core;Maltreated refugees, war’s graduates,Drowning to reach... Continue reading

Rip Bulkeley

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