Poems on the Underground
If for some reason you ever find yourself playing ‘Tube Bingo’ there a few things that you are guaranteed to…
The Teacher by Manash Bhattacharjee
To Upal Deb He wasn’t a blackboard Framing flightless birds Not a classroom figure Offering the curriculum To rows of…
Madonna and Child by Hugh Dunkerley
Don’t believe the lies: Joseph was a randy little sod. That’s why we had to leave, go back to Bethlehem…
Saints and Cheeses in the Philippines by Tom Sykes
In 2010, I moved to the Philippines to work as a journalist, taking my then partner Donna and four-year-old stepdaughter…
Snowbound by Michael O’Neill
Snowbound Carriages lit and still between the drifts … With each flake it took on a new form, the city…
The Matter that Doesn’t Matter – Hill of Doors by Robin Robertson
Robin Robertson Hill of Doors The Matter that Doesn’t Matter – Hill of Doors by Robin Robertson ‘He’s back…
Easter Island by Fiona Brenninkmaker
Charting the evolution of Easter Island wooden carvings from spiritual receptacle to auction treasure. Allow me to take you on…
The Soviet Prom by Neil Herrington
Wednesday, 21 August 1968 The moment you and Slava enter the dining room, he throws himself on the…
The Soviet Prom by Neil Herrington
Wednesday, 21 August 1968 The moment you and Slava enter the dining room, he throws himself on the first…
Coleshill by Fiona Sampson
Coleshill, Fiona Sampson, Chatto & Windus, 80pp, £10.00 (paperback) ‘If only form were language…’ (‘Dreamsongs’) ‘We tremble, feeling everything’s in…
An Interview with Peter Stjernström
The London Magazine interviews Peter Stjernström, the Swedish author of Enn Mann and The Big Newsmaker and now The Best…
October by Lydia Towsey
October Pizza bruschetta gold dress Rioja Autumn is here and Winter forgotten Walking through town arm in arm with a…
Ibsen – by Stephen Unwin
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906): the great dramatist of the modern world Henrik Ibsen has been much misrepresented, especially in Britain. His…
Poetry | The Veil by Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee The Veil She walks past the wave Of curious glances An apparition eluding Light and desire…
Poetry | SYRIA by Ghayth Armanazi
Ghayth Armanazi SYRIA . SUFFER THE COUNTRY Suffer the curled up corpses of the tortured Suffer the cluttered ranks…
Child of Vengeance by David Kirk
Excerpt from Chapter One The battle was over, but still Kazuteru ran. He had duty to fulfil. The young samurai…
Poetry | Poet in Delhi by Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee Poet in Delhi ‘Can you rinse away this city that lasts like blood on the bitten tongue?’…
Review | James Aitchison on An Almost Dancer
James Aitchison An Almost Dancer . An Almost Dancer, Robert Nye, Greenwich Exchange, pp. 58, £7.99. A poem is…
Review | The Fear of Breathing by James Denselow
James Deneslow The Fear of Breathing The Fear of Breathing at the Finborough, 17th July – 11th August 2023. …
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