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Statues, Context and Historical Narrative: Statues Glorifying Colonialism are a Bad Idea!

6 July 2021 / 322

Stuart Cartland discusses the recent attacks on statues in Canada The toppling of the statues of British monarchs in Canada recently is a hugely symbolic moment of... Continue reading

Stuart Cartland

Poetry

To George, from Sunny Wigan

25 June 2021 / 356

To George, from Sunny Wigan by Christopher Norris At the back of one of the houses a young woman was kneeling on the stones, poking a stick... Continue reading

mojohand

Poetry

The Highroad Shrine

19 June 2021 / 395

The Highroad Shrine by Ruth Valentine Permit me, this morning, the luxury of despair.The ice has vanished:no skidding cars screeching to take the corner,child in the back... Continue reading

Ruth Valentine

Poetry

Whit?

18 June 2021 / 375

Whit? by Jim Mainland Na, na, na, na, na, hing on a meenit! Du’s sayin if du gies dem lots a money dey gie dee a lucrative... Continue reading

Jim Mainland

Fiction

Apeirogon

18 June 2021 / 382

Jenny Farrell reviews Apeirogon by Colum McCann Unlike a pentagon, an apeirogon has an infinite number of sides, or aspects. The title of Colum McCann’s 2020 novel... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

This most bloody and divisive prime minister: Margaret Thatcher, exploitation and class struggle

18 June 2021 / 513

Fran Lock writes about Thatcher and her legacy. Image above: Steev Burgess Not quite a decade after her death, and already cultural depictions of former British prime... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

let them eat chips

18 June 2021 / 299

let them eat chips by Julie Easley common sense is cheap these days – just ask the rich they chuck in their opinion, churn out recipes for... Continue reading

Julie Easley

Poetry

Pain in My Heart

18 June 2021 / 295

Pain in My Heart by Sarah Barrington, with image above by Steev Burgess Before I left for universityMy friend Louisegot work for me, for the summer,At the... Continue reading

Sarah Barrington

Poetry

The Cut of those Cold, Sharp Stars

18 June 2021 / 305

The Cut of those Cold, Sharp Stars by Emma Lee I don’t think it’s to do with temperature.I feel every piece of grit, every puddle, the cold.There... Continue reading

Emma Lee

Visual Arts

The Colescott Chronicles Part I: breaking free of the shackles of colour blindness and abstract art

17 June 2021 / 362

Dennis Broe presents the first of a two-part topical study of Robert Colescott, whose politically committed art tackled issues of unequal racial and gender representation, and the history... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

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