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EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
Mark Waldron - My brain is a fool
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
My brain is a fool
Mark Waldron
Sitting in the plush lounge with the dim lighting,
it doesn’t know what’s happening.
It’s an ingénue, a yokel, ordering drinks shyly,
eating peanuts, licking its fat fingers.
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