CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class
Latest editorial
Beth McDonough - Stolen at No. 59
Edited by JODY PORTER
ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists
In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Stolen at No. 59
Beth McDonough
I sneck his garden gate, check twice – hide
behind his walls to steal. The second time
this year. I whisper past his dry of pots, duck
beneath his kitchen sills, although I know
he’s nowhere near. I pull out pinks of fleshy stems –
I’m stealing Ronnie’s rhubarb, witnessed just
Similar stories
In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
ALAN MORRISON recommends a consummate, heart-warming collection about a working-class upbringing in the industrial north-east
ANDY CROFT welcomes the publication of an anthology of recent poems published by the Morning Star, and hopes it becomes an annual event
Warming up for his Durham gig, the bard pays attention to the niceties of language