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         <div class=\"content-article\">\r\n                (Billionaires of)\u00a0America First!                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/this-is-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-plutocracy\/\" class=\"more-button\"><span class=\"read-more\">Continue reading<\/span><\/a>            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%\">\r\n<article class=\"blog-post post-grid col-md-4 byline-on content-default slide-view-timeline2 blog-align-center post-20698 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-poetry-2\" id=\"post-20698\">\r\n    <div>\r\n                    <div class=\"meta-post-timeline\">\r\n                <span class=\"time-day\">25<\/span>\r\n                <span class=\"time-mon\">Nov<\/span>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-picture blog-hover-zoom\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/destroying-angel\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/43de1f82a09dcb76d466593ea2fd7266_L.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/43de1f82a09dcb76d466593ea2fd7266_L.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/43de1f82a09dcb76d466593ea2fd7266_L-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/43de1f82a09dcb76d466593ea2fd7266_L-441x294.jpg 441w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/43de1f82a09dcb76d466593ea2fd7266_L-1x1.jpg 1w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/43de1f82a09dcb76d466593ea2fd7266_L-10x7.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/category\/arts-hub\/poetry-2\/\">Poetry<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-mask\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-mask-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"svg-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/destroying-angel\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg height=\"40\" width=\"150\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<rect class=\"shape\" height=\"40\" width=\"150\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn btn-read-more style-custom\">Read more<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n        <div class=\"grid-post-body\">\r\n            <div class=\"post-heading\">\r\n                <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/destroying-angel\/\">destroying angel<\/a><\/h2>\r\n                                    \t\t<div class=\"meta-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"November 25, 2024\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t25 November 2024<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"content-article\">\r\n                destroying angel by Fran Lock this delicate supremacist, our cipher. tonightunder the fractioned moon, we wait. we arewaiting. for the angel, rankly warriored outof soft...                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/destroying-angel\/\" class=\"more-button\"><span class=\"read-more\">Continue reading<\/span><\/a>            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%\">\r\n<article class=\"blog-post post-grid col-md-4 byline-on content-default slide-view-timeline2 blog-align-center post-20695 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-poetry-2\" id=\"post-20695\">\r\n    <div>\r\n                    <div class=\"meta-post-timeline\">\r\n                <span class=\"time-day\">25<\/span>\r\n                <span class=\"time-mon\">Nov<\/span>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-picture blog-hover-zoom\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/what-three-words\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/b9cabb3d8533c1d7e4cfeb16158613fa_L.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/b9cabb3d8533c1d7e4cfeb16158613fa_L.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/b9cabb3d8533c1d7e4cfeb16158613fa_L-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/b9cabb3d8533c1d7e4cfeb16158613fa_L-441x321.jpg 441w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/b9cabb3d8533c1d7e4cfeb16158613fa_L-1x1.jpg 1w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/b9cabb3d8533c1d7e4cfeb16158613fa_L-10x7.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/category\/arts-hub\/poetry-2\/\">Poetry<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-mask\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-mask-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"svg-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/what-three-words\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg height=\"40\" width=\"150\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<rect class=\"shape\" height=\"40\" width=\"150\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn btn-read-more style-custom\">Read more<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n        <div class=\"grid-post-body\">\r\n            <div class=\"post-heading\">\r\n                <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/what-three-words\/\">What Three Words<\/a><\/h2>\r\n                                    \t\t<div class=\"meta-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"November 25, 2024\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t25 November 2024<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"content-article\">\r\n                What Three Words by Marilyn Longstaff A clever app pinpointing a precise location,useful, simple, when it works: if you understand,if there\u2019s a decent signal. what3wordssaw...                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/what-three-words\/\" class=\"more-button\"><span class=\"read-more\">Continue reading<\/span><\/a>            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%\">\r\n<article class=\"blog-post post-grid col-md-4 byline-on content-default slide-view-timeline2 blog-align-center post-20689 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cultural-theory\" id=\"post-20689\">\r\n    <div>\r\n                    <div class=\"meta-post-timeline\">\r\n                <span class=\"time-day\">25<\/span>\r\n                <span class=\"time-mon\">Nov<\/span>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-picture 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7w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/category\/culture-hub\/cultural-theory\/\">Cultural Commentary<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-mask\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-mask-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"svg-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/ramping-up-the-cultural-struggle-cpb-conference-on-class-and-culture\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg height=\"40\" width=\"150\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<rect class=\"shape\" height=\"40\" width=\"150\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn btn-read-more style-custom\">Read more<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n        <div class=\"grid-post-body\">\r\n            <div class=\"post-heading\">\r\n                <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/ramping-up-the-cultural-struggle-cpb-conference-on-class-and-culture\/\">Ramping up the cultural struggle: CPB conference on class and culture<\/a><\/h2>\r\n                                    \t\t<div class=\"meta-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"November 25, 2024\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t25 November 2024<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"content-article\">\r\n                Around 60 people gathered last Saturday in Barnsley for the Communist Party\u2019s first-ever conference on culture. Called \u2018Class and Culture\u2019, the conference was held in...                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/ramping-up-the-cultural-struggle-cpb-conference-on-class-and-culture\/\" class=\"more-button\"><span class=\"read-more\">Continue reading<\/span><\/a>            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%\">\r\n<article class=\"blog-post post-grid col-md-4 byline-on content-default slide-view-timeline2 blog-align-center post-20682 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-fiction-2\" id=\"post-20682\">\r\n    <div>\r\n                    <div class=\"meta-post-timeline\">\r\n                <span class=\"time-day\">24<\/span>\r\n                <span class=\"time-mon\">Nov<\/span>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t\t\r\n        <div class=\"grid-post-body\">\r\n            <div class=\"post-heading\">\r\n                <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/capitalism-a-horror-story-an-interview-with-the-author-2\/\">Capitalism: A Horror Story&#8217;: An interview with the author<\/a><\/h2>\r\n                                    \t\t<div class=\"meta-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"November 24, 2024\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t24 November 2024<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"content-article\">\r\n                Brett Gregory&nbsp;interviews Jon Greenaway, author of &#8216;Capitalism: A Horror Story&#8217; BG:&nbsp;Hi, my name\u2019s Brett Gregory, and I\u2019m an associate editor of the UK arts, culture,...                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/capitalism-a-horror-story-an-interview-with-the-author-2\/\" class=\"more-button\"><span class=\"read-more\">Continue reading<\/span><\/a>            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%\">\r\n<article class=\"blog-post post-grid col-md-4 byline-on content-default slide-view-timeline2 blog-align-center post-20679 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cultural-theory\" id=\"post-20679\">\r\n    <div>\r\n                    <div class=\"meta-post-timeline\">\r\n                <span class=\"time-day\">24<\/span>\r\n                <span class=\"time-mon\">Nov<\/span>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-picture blog-hover-zoom\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/boycott-of-israeli-cultural-institutions\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/34778811f4fa2f021d9de101106aa26f_L.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/34778811f4fa2f021d9de101106aa26f_L.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/34778811f4fa2f021d9de101106aa26f_L-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/34778811f4fa2f021d9de101106aa26f_L-441x441.jpg 441w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/34778811f4fa2f021d9de101106aa26f_L-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/34778811f4fa2f021d9de101106aa26f_L-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/34778811f4fa2f021d9de101106aa26f_L-1x1.jpg 1w, https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/34778811f4fa2f021d9de101106aa26f_L-10x10.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/category\/culture-hub\/cultural-theory\/\">Cultural Commentary<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-mask\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-mask-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"svg-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/boycott-of-israeli-cultural-institutions\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg height=\"40\" width=\"150\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<rect class=\"shape\" height=\"40\" width=\"150\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn btn-read-more style-custom\">Read more<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n        <div class=\"grid-post-body\">\r\n            <div class=\"post-heading\">\r\n                <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/boycott-of-israeli-cultural-institutions\/\">Boycott of Israeli cultural institutions<\/a><\/h2>\r\n                                    \t\t<div class=\"meta-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"November 24, 2024\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t24 November 2024<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"content-article\">\r\n                More than 1,000 authors have launched a boycott of Israeli publishers complicit in the dispossession of the Palestinian people, and Culture Matters supports the boycott....                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/boycott-of-israeli-cultural-institutions\/\" class=\"more-button\"><span class=\"read-more\">Continue reading<\/span><\/a>            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" 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           <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"content-article\">\r\n                The following four poems are taken from the&nbsp;What Rough Beast&nbsp;anthology of poems about Trump and Trumpism, available to download&nbsp;here. Image above:&nbsp;Rise Up My Pretties, by&nbsp;Martin...                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/four-poems-from-what-rough-beast\/\" class=\"more-button\"><span class=\"read-more\">Continue reading<\/span><\/a>            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%\">\r\n<article class=\"blog-post post-grid col-md-4 byline-on content-default slide-view-timeline2 blog-align-center post-20668 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-poetry-2\" id=\"post-20668\">\r\n    <div>\r\n                    <div class=\"meta-post-timeline\">\r\n                <span class=\"time-day\">24<\/span>\r\n                <span class=\"time-mon\">Nov<\/span>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-picture blog-hover-zoom\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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class=\"blog-mask\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-mask-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"svg-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/poverty-at-the-movies\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg height=\"40\" width=\"150\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<rect class=\"shape\" height=\"40\" width=\"150\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn btn-read-more style-custom\">Read more<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n        <div class=\"grid-post-body\">\r\n            <div class=\"post-heading\">\r\n                <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/poverty-at-the-movies\/\">Poverty at the Movies<\/a><\/h2>\r\n                                    \t\t<div 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