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Mar 8
3 min

Lost Amongst the Noise: Lesley Chow's You're History Reviewed

Repeater Books' latest seeks to debunk our misunderstanding of the magnetism of pop music.

Feb 18
7 min

How Poetry Stayed Afloat During Lockdown

Where do the poets go when the pubs are shut? Georgia Preece explores how poetry has thrived online during the COVID pandemic.

Feb 16
2 min

Pedalling to Heaven: The Poetry of Abu Bakr

Abu Bakr Sadiq is a Nigerian poet studying at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

Jan 17
6 min

The Poetry of Black Lives Matter

A series of poetic responses to the #BlackLivesMatter movement with a discussion of each work from the artists.

Jan 4
1 min

POEM: Rubble and Ashes

A poem about Palestine by Yanis Iqbal, an independent researcher and freelance writer based in Aligarh, India.

Jan 1
5 min

Brexiting the Vampire Castle

by A.E. Beverley "In Oscan, a pre-Latin language of Southern Italy, ‘Brutus’ carries more associations: heavy, unwieldy, dull, dumb,...

Nov 30, 2020
4 min

Finding Comfort in Horror: Blue Light of the Screen Reviewed

by Billie Walker @billierwalker Horror is a woman’s genre. Women can be everything in horror that they cannot be in romance, action and...

Nov 17, 2020
5 min

Teaching Empowerment: Youth Culture Power Reviewed

Anna Winham reviews Youth Culture Power by Jason Rawls and John Robinson, exploring hip hop pedagogy and the power of teaching.

Nov 6, 2020
3 min

REVIEW: 'Great Anarchists' by Ruth Kinna and Clifford Harper

Author and anarchist Julian Langer reviews Dog Section's newly-released anthology, 'Great Anarchists', by Ruth Kinna and Clifford Harper.

Oct 5, 2020
1 min

POEM: 'Anchorage'

Olúwádáre Pópóola is a 19-year old Nigerian poet. He writes from a city named by rocks and longs to see the world without discrimination.

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