The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Gale Burns - Even Worse Government, after Emily Berry
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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
Even Worse Government
Gale Burns
after Bad New Government by Emily Berry
Love, like a nightmare repeated I woke to an even worse government; the fridge light is broken, so who knows what’s there, and my heart, under strain, seems to beat with a start I begin the day like a walker without any shoes I want to pace purposefully and email you about happy circumstances: the sunlight streaming into the front room, the eco-poetry night last night, and the growing sweet peas, but today I can hardly bear to draw the curtains and all food tastes like gruel
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