The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Two poems by Peter Raynard
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
Thinking Back to How He Got Here
The man’s propped up on the sofa
Struggling with the stories in his drink.
“He just fucking stuck him with the glass.”
There was no full time at the bar up there
And you never sang the same songs.
“It flowed out of him like lads after the match.”
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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
TONY FOX invites readers to come and hear the story of the remarkable Liverpudlian International Brigader Alexander Foote
By Alexis Lykiard