Who is really speaking when someone loudly declares what they believe?

Power, language and words that begin to disappear

To those who stayed up way past bedtime, who struggled bleary-eyed to work and the school run, or are just...

Disclaimer: any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely…

A poem from one of our regular contributors which almost certainly has nothing whatsoever to do with recent events…

When you listened to someone else’s idea and things didn’t quite turn out how you planned but it’s definitely not...

There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language – George Orwell

When Toby from News joins Ian in Sport he finds they do things a little differently there…

The erosion of the right to protest and questions over what mainstream news does or does not cover are among...

A poem on the killing of Renee Good in Minnesota, on male violence, and on imagining that there could be...

Relating to the unilateral redrawing of borders and lines on a map, while the mainstream media chooses what to cover,...

Look closely and the real magic of Christmas can be found everywhere, even in a shopping centre grotto

A carol, on the occasion of the usual charlatans’ attempt to bolster their flagging fortunes by enlisting God to the...

A Modest Proposal for the 21st century

“What are you rebelling against?” – “Whaddya got?” (Rebel Without A Cause)

A simple guide to conjuring up fascism

Imagine if anti-asylum hotel protesters admitted the truth: they’re being played for mugs by the powerful they think they defend

A poem that shows how evil triumphs – not with grand acts, but through quiet moments of inaction, silence, and...

While innocents die and weapons manufacturers continue unchecked, parliament votes to criminalise resistance to war crimes in Gaza

Once strangers at university, now divided by politics – one writer asks Keir Starmer: how did you become complicit in...

A bone, a band, a blow – Kneecap defines defiance, from anatomy to activism, from Belfast beats to bruising truths

A poem for an Easter miracle come early, as Gaza gains Ukrainian passports, and the world finally sees – then...

things I lost over the course of 2024 (an incomplete list, some items may be missing)

Winter is past, the world turns, and brighter days will come – it's time to believe in change

A BBC report on the ceasefire in Gaza fails to fact check Israeli violations, while obscuring key context – this...

Who among us hasn’t accidentally thrown up a Nazi salute on camera? Cast your stones wisely!

Dreaming of a future where weapons heal, hate speaks only love, and kites soar with laughter over rebuilt homes

Items in computer screen may be closer than they at first appear

A poem

“They’d send a limousine anyway…” The Clash