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Review of ‘A Brief and Biased History of Love’ by Alan Humm

16 April 2024 / 347

A Brief and Biased History of Love by Alan Humm. £9. Culture Matters. ISBN 978-1-912710-55-3. Reviewed by Patricia McCarthy This interesting debut collection from novelist Alan Humm merits reading... Continue reading

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Books

Convulsions, 2021-24: a Trusstercluck

28 March 2024 / 397

These are polemical and activist poems written to predict and hasten the demise of our tottering government and—hopefully—of the Conservative Party itself. The present-day Tory party and... Continue reading

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Poetry

The Sacred and the Profane: Poetry workshops with Jenny Mitchell

27 February 2024 / 359

Culture Matters is proud to present two online poetry workshops on the theme of The Sacred and the Profane, led by award-winning poet Jenny Mitchell. How can... Continue reading

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Poetry

Callout: The Bread and Roses Poetry Award 2024

27 February 2024 / 341

We are very pleased to announce that thanks to support from Unison (Newcastle City Centre branch), and Newcastle Trades Union Council, the eighth Bread and Roses Poetry... Continue reading

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Poetry

A new and original anthology of radical Welsh poetry

23 February 2024 / 333

Culture Matters intends to publish a new and original anthology of radical Welsh poetry. It will be edited by Mike Jenkins, founder member of the Red Poets collective... Continue reading

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Books

Money and Blood

18 February 2024 / 431

Anyone familiar with Wayne’ Dean-Richards’ work will recognise the themes in Money & Blood, chief among them being, as the title suggests, money and blood. The corrupting... Continue reading

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Poetry for Palestine: Testament / Sajél, by Farid Bitar

11 February 2024 / 557

Farid Bitar’s Testament / Sajél, as its title suggests, is a testament to our tempestuous times, taking in the seismic events and vicissitudes of the past few... Continue reading

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Films

I’m Explaining a Few Things… About Gaza

4 February 2024 / 862

The Art Of Resistance presents a short film about Gaza. Image above: Palestinian News & Information Agency (Wafa) in contract with APA images There is a climate... Continue reading

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Books

A Brief and Biased History of Love

18 January 2024 / 404

‘A soft, blunt, insistent rhythm in Alan Humm’s lines beats time to accounts of absent friends, of urban landscapes, of past and present violence, of love’s uncertainties.’... Continue reading

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Rebel Admin

18 January 2024 / 363

The poems in Rebel Admin are visually intense, and syntactically jagged; they create a sort of fragmentary cinema, one that works to signal the irrational absurdity of... Continue reading

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