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The revolutionary realism of Caravaggio

14 September 2021 / 421

Jenny Farrell discusses the work of Caravaggio, who revolutionised European art. Image above: Judith Beheading Holofernes Born 450 years ago, on 29 September 1571, Caravaggio lived and... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Sisterhood, Socialism, and Struggle: Poetry and the Work of Solidarity

14 September 2021 / 361

As I sit down to write this column the 40th anniversary of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp is fast approaching, with hundreds of women planning to... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Music

La Población: The Chilean album that celebrated a shanty town

14 September 2021 / 432

50 years ago, in 1972, the great Chilean singer song-writer Victor Jara released one of his final albums, ‘La Población’ . It consists of 9 songs which... Continue reading

Tim Hollins

Poetry

A Just Transition for Workers

12 September 2021 / 363

A Just Transition for Workers by Mick Drury ‘Get a job you wankers’ shouts the irate fist passing in his 4×4.Others wave and blow their horns. Outside... Continue reading

Mick Drury

Life Writing

The barriers to working-class writers: Review of The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices

11 September 2021 / 489

Jenny Farrell reviews The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices, edited by Paul McVeigh Working-class writing is coming to the fore in Ireland. “The 32” follows... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Life Writing

From Lucifer to Lazarus: A Life on the Left

7 September 2021 / 443

Jenny Farrell reviews Mick O’Reilly’s From Lucifer to Lazarus: A Life on the Left (Dublin: Lilliput Press, 2019) At the end of From Lucifer to Lazarus, Mick O’Reilly raises a... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Anthropocaust

6 September 2021 / 327

Anthropocaust by Rip Bulkeley Cassandra never smiled. Devastation,though future for others, was her constantreality. En route to the death campspeople were still together, had luggage,and could try... Continue reading

Rip Bulkeley

My body is not your soapbox

6 September 2021 / 325

My body is not your soapbox by Cheryl Vail you are not the arbiter of my curve appealthe constable ticketing the lack of a gap between thighsor... Continue reading

Cheryl Vail

Poetry

The Neo-colonialist Dreams

29 August 2021 / 360

The Neo-colonialist Dreams by Kevin Higgins Of moving the horn of Africa to the same time zone as Wisconsin. Of teaching Somalishow to properly appreciate cheese.Of surgeons... Continue reading

Kevin Higgins

Poetry

The daily resistance of rising: Bernie Crawford’s Living Water

24 August 2021 / 344

Jenny Farrell reviews Bernie Crawford’s new collection, Living Water, Chaffinch Press 2021. Bernie Crawford’s debut collection is a profound pleasure to read. It is informed and heightened... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

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