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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Three poems by Michael Shann
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
Ian Dury at Walthamstow Art College
I see him now at the top of the steps,
leaning against that tall Grecian pillar.
No photo survives, but there he is:
turned-up drainpipes, Docs, the grin and ear-ring.
It was all in place, the casual
tilt of his cap, the cocky angle
of his stick, and the song-spring trickling
through his mind, about to be discovered.
The Bakers Arms
An insidious blight’s spreading round here,
it frays men’s minds like ten pints of beer.
Its windows are clean, it’s quiet and smart,
it empties a man’s wallet, drains his heart.
For a fat chance, for a slimmer profit,
he’ll take the odds with the child benefit.
An insidious blight’s is spreading round here,
it frays men’s minds like ten pints of beer.
Note: In 2010, after 142 years as a pub,
The Bakers Arms became a betting shop.
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ANDY CROFT welcomes the publication of an anthology of recent poems published by the Morning Star, and hopes it becomes an annual event