The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Cathy Galvin - Crimea
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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
Crimea
Cathy Galvin
Standing perfect apart, we look the same.
Spring tanks chain Crimea. The canons gone.
A shell's wave claims the atoms of our air.
Sleep-walking to the familiar battlefield.
Spring tanks chain Crimea. The canons gone.
Too late for sanctions in this Lovingrad.
Sleep-walking to the familiar battlefield.
Repenting the impossibility of forgetting.
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