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Cultural Marxism

27 October 2020 / 308

Cultural Marxism by Martin Rowson I met a Cultural MarxistWho took me to Swan Lake“Those swans denote the Class War!”Quoth he. I found his takeCompelling if naive,... Continue reading

Martin Rowson

Poetry

Class Register

24 October 2020 / 324

Class Register by Alan Sleater The first register I called at Selkirk HighWas, to my incomer’s eyes, a roll callOf the Borders clans, and three hundred years... Continue reading

Alan Sleater

Poetry

A Resistance Writer Reflects On His Life: Variations of poems by Bertolt Brecht

24 October 2020 / 477

Author’s note: Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was one of the most influential playwrights of the twentieth century, blending an aspirational communism with anti-fascist politics, while developing a satirical, “epic... Continue reading

Ciaran O Rourke

Poetry

Searching for each other’s souls

22 October 2020 / 322

Searching for Each Other’s Souls by Fred Voss Working 10-hour days in this machine shop we put on our COVID-19 pandemic maskslike strangers aboard the Titanicthrown together... Continue reading

Fred Voss

Fiction

The Radical Extension of Reality: Jorge Luis Borges

22 October 2020 / 458

Jim Aitken unearths the radical and progressive meanings in Borges’ writings It was his fellow Argentinian writer and, like his mentor, a former Director of the National... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Visual Arts

Photographs that sing: In memory of Chris Killip, 1946-2020

21 October 2020 / 303

Graeme Rigby writes a memorial piece about Chris Killip, who died recently. Above image of Chris ® Kent Rodzwicz It was late 1982. My first paid gig... Continue reading

Graeme Rigby

Poetry

“the poor core of the world, wide open”: The poetry of Anne Carson

9 October 2020 / 456

Annette Skade presents the poetry of Anne Carson, and a brief biography In Anne Carson’s series of poems, “The Glass Essay”, the speaker is channelling Emily Brontё: “my... Continue reading

Annette Skade

Poetry

the dreamers’ ark

9 October 2020 / 353

the dreamers’ ark(the haven, tynemouth) by Paul Summers the oak is seasonedthe sawyers done each board & beamis shaved & steamed rendered immaculate in barrel curves planed... Continue reading

Paul Summers

Poetry

Rathlin: In memory of Derek Mahon

5 October 2020 / 357

Jenny Farrell memorialises Derek Mahon by presenting a reading of his poem Rathlin, bringing out its political message and artistic skill Derek Mahon died on 1 October.... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Poem for the Feast of Saint Francis on the subject of forgiveness, October 4th 2020

4 October 2020 / 334

Poem for the Feast of Saint Francis on the subject of forgiveness, October 4th 2020 by Fran Lock i cried for the highlands last night. for myself.... Continue reading

Fran Lock

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