The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
Latest editorial
Josephine Corcoran - For the children
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
For the children
Josephine Corcoran
Hush! They’re sleeping
And Downing Street can’t decide what to send
Washington has hung its conscience at the foot of their beds
The UN has sent its strongest criticism yet
Let’s slip the EU’s concern under their heads
Look at them lying there!
They could almost be dead
Similar stories
RUTH AYLETT recommends that this mixture of memoir, diary and poetry by a young Gazan writer be read as widely as possible
ANDY CROFT welcomes the publication of an anthology of recent poems published by the Morning Star, and hopes it becomes an annual event
RUTH AYLETT reviews two collections of outright political poetry
New releases from The Dreaming Spires, Bruce Springsteen, and Chet Baker