Short story: Snig
Snig was always losing things. One day he lost his hat. The next day he lost his umbrella. When he put things down, he forgot where he had put them. When he picked things up, he forgot to put them...
View ArticleLong live those who died like dogs
Andy Croft reminds us of the radicalism of the early Dadaist movement. A hundred years after the Cabaret Voltaire first opened its doors in Zurich, it is hard to remember just how shocking, how...
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Asserting our shared humanity
Andy Croft reports on his recent visit to Basra, for the Al-Marbed international poetry festival. I have never seen so many people at a poetry festival before – or so many Kalashnikovs. A few weeks ago...
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Plagiarism and the Privatisation of Poetry
The Guardian recently ran an article on plagiarism in poetry by Will Storr. Andy Croft, author of two very widely read and influential articles on Culture Matters, The Privatisation of Poetry and...
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Accessible, Educational, Radical: The Communist Composer Alan Bush
Andy Croft reviews a new book out about the communist composer Alan Bush. The composer Alan Bush (1900-95) is usually described as a man of unresolved contradictions, an Establishment figure who was...
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Two poems by Andy Croft
archy says hooray by Andy Croft boss i have heardsome human beans thinkhungry and homeless peopleare like cockroaches iam flattered at last some humans beans feelsorry for us poor insectshooray there...
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Mobilise the books! A review of Shabbigentile
Andy Croft reviews Shabbigentile, by Alan Morrison. There is a long poem in Alan Morrison’s fantastic new collection Shabbigentile (Culture Matters, £9, available here) about the 1930s Left Book Club,...
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May Day Greetings from Smokestack Books
Gathering by Andy Croft for Chris Searle When I woke in this city one fine May Day morning I saw a small crowd, like a gathering stream,And though they were only a few hundred strong,They were singing...
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