It is with deep sadness that I write of the death of lifelong poet, mental health activist, and dear friend, David Kessel, who passed away on 8th... Continue reading
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It goes on one at a time,
it starts when you care to act,
it starts when you do it again after they said no,
it starts when you say we and know who you mean,
and each day you mean one more.Marge Piercy
Fog by Rip Bulkeley We have to know. Brave journalistsboth risk and lose their lives for that.But information managersare too strong for them. They flood uswith lies... Continue reading
Rip Bulkeley 
Siege by Rip Bulkeley ‘Wars are fought to change the enemy’s mind’. – Liddell Hart The grandchildren of the mass killers of Dresden,Coventry, Tokyo, and Leningrad, leave... Continue reading
Rip Bulkeley 
Culture Matters publishes a lot of great poetry. Here’s Jenny Mitchell talking about why poetry matters; and the image above is from her recent award-winning book, Map... Continue reading
Culture Matters 
Writing a poem bursting into tears having misheard deforestation for defenestration by Lisa Kelly, in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Image above: Defenestrace, by Karel Svoboda... Continue reading
Lisa Kelly 
Fran Lock writes about the current economic and political crises, and introduces poetry that constructs a ‘socialist imaginary’, a space for hope and protest, against the distractions... Continue reading
Fran Lock 
Harri Webb and Merthyr Tydfil 2020 was the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the poet Harri Webb, born on 7 September 1920 at Sketty, Swansea. He... Continue reading
Malcolm Llywelyn 
Culture Matters is pleased to announce a special event in our digital reading series: the online launch of the free flash anthology A Fish Rots From The... Continue reading
Fran Lock 
Wern My Fault by Mike Jenkins There wuz this fuckin ard gangLed by this bloke Vlad(Arfta some ol rooler). Ee didn give a toss‘Bout trainers on wires,Ee... Continue reading
Mike Jenkins 
Children are shrinking before us by Owen Gallagher And when they cut budgets again, for families and schools,we on the opposition benches said: ‘Surelythey can’t cut them... Continue reading
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