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the columnists’ hypotheticals

5 June 2024 / 353

the columnists’ hypotheticals by Steve Pottinger what if doormats were suddenly sentient?what if elephants nested in trees?what if your gran was a Toblerone?what if locomotives had knees?... Continue reading

Steve Pottinger

Poetry

Running a Machine is the Easy Part

4 June 2024 / 408

Fred Voss, the worker-poet from Long Beach, California, has sent us the poem below, with the following message: Here’s a poem I wrote this morning, I hope you... Continue reading

Fred Voss

Poetry

the last ex-pat in Costa Del Sol turns his thoughts homeward

2 June 2024 / 417

the last ex-pat in Costa Del Sol turns his thoughts homeward with apologies to Leonard Cohen by Mark Cassidy, with image above by Martin Gollan Come, my... Continue reading

Mark Cassidy

Fiction

‘Gaza: This Bleeding Land’, by John Wight

2 June 2024 / 451

John Wight presents an extract from his new book, Gaza: This Bleeding Land, which tells the story of this prolonged tragedy through the eyes of two rival combatants.... Continue reading

John Wight

Films

‘A House in Jerusalem’: Interview with the director, Muayad Alayan

2 June 2024 / 557

Brett Gregory interviews Palestinian screenwriter/director, Muayad Alayan, in Jerusalem about his latest film. BG: So where are you right now? MA: I’m in Jerusalem. BG: So obviously... Continue reading

Brett Gregory

Visual Arts

Great art exhibition, shame about the politics: ‘Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider’ at Tate Modern

30 May 2024 / 532

Nick Moss reviews Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider, at the Tate Modern, London, to 20 October 2024. Image above: Wassily Kandinsky, Murnau – Johannisstrasse from a... Continue reading

Nick Moss

Poetry

Your Solidarity be Praised: Review of ‘The Orgreave Stations’ by William Hershaw

26 May 2024 / 486

Jim Aitken reviews The Orgreave Stations by William Hershaw, illustrated by Les McConnell, some of whose images in the book accompany this review ‘The Orgreave Stations’ , published... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Poetry

the drone

26 May 2024 / 330

the drone by Martin Hayes first it came in the idea of a big balloonthe way the wind could pick it upmove it across the battlefieldbefore its... Continue reading

Martin Hayes

Films

An anti-war movie of compassion and kindness: a review of ‘The Invasion’ by Sergei Loznitsa

26 May 2024 / 528

Sometimes, documentaries work better than fiction. This is certainly the case with Sergei Loznitsa’s new film, The Invasion. Loznista was born in Belarus, grew up in Ukraine,... Continue reading

Rita Di Santo

Poetry

Sinking in the Rain

24 May 2024 / 361

Forced to work in the rain unnecessarily? Join a union! – TUC Sinking in the rain by Stuart McFarlane I wonder, now, if Rishimight rue the day,... Continue reading

Stuart McFarlane

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