Poetry, Books & Culture

W. H. DAVIES   WHAT is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare?— No time to stand beneath the boughs,And stare as long as

Rabbie Burns. A Man’s a Man for A’ That  Is there for honest poverty https://youtu.be/b2pGWkjwOBw   Address To a Haggis https://youtu.be/Xgg1a2_WaVs   To a Mouse https://youtu.be/6UqfkRta-2o   O Once I

  John le Carré’s writing has contributed to what we think of when we think of spies and the Cold war (Pic: German Embassy London/Wikimedia commons) by Simon Basketter John le Carré, the

          Robert Burns 37 years old  Bard Description Robert Burns, also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet

Tam o’ Shanter   Tam o’ Shanter is a wonderful, epic poem in which Burns paints a vivid picture of the drinking classes in the old Scotch town of Ayr in

  It’s the Same the Whole World Over  She was just a poor man’s daughter, Victim of the rich man’s whim, For he f***ed her and he left her, With

Wake up john and light the fire Turn the gas a little higher Go and fetch you Aunt Maria Babies got a tooth.   https://youtu.be/DRtnWVvDX6k   KNOW THIS OR OTHER

  NOW IS PICKING TIME, FREEZING TIME, APPLE & BLACKBERRY PIE TIME, JAM TIME  

Ben Jonson 1572–1637 Ben Jonson Poems On My First Son Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;My sin was too much hope of thee, lov’d boy.Seven years thou’wert

Sarcasm refers to the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say, especially in order to insult someone, or to show irritation, or just to

  MEIRIAN JUMP explains how the MML is continuing in the proud tradition of Marxist education – and how supporters can benefit if they take out membership   Meirian Jump

If you can keep your head when all about you        Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,    If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,    

The sheep all had a meetingAtop a lonely hillTo discuss their existenceAnd all the worldly ills. They covered every topicReligion,famine, warConversation soon did turn to What they’d been placed here for

    The BBC is still locked in a 1950’s ‘we know best’ attitude in service of the elite, writes SOLOMON HUGHES   A 1949 file picture of Jean Metcalfe

Then a brewer called Bass,Caught sight of the lass,And gave her a lovely surprise.

Tony who’s heterous,Always drinks Petrus,While randy old Mandy drinks brandy.

Tho’ She spent her life tannin’,She could not get a man in, Perhaps she was corked ,as it were

She also was graced,With a long aftertaste,And she certainly went all the way.

He Murmurmed, I’m fond,But you must stay in bond, That’s the way I find you most savoury.

A brilliant chap ,Knew from which tap, Had come each glass of water

    Poetry in Motion   The Radical14th Nov 2018   I take my Blue Pill with a Tiger Prawn It makes it easier to swallow I don’t think of

I AM GOING YOUR WAY, SO LET US GO HAND IN HAND   William Morris      WHAT DO WE LIVE FOR,IF IT IS NOT TO MAKE LIFE LESS DIFFICULT

    And is it true? It Is not true And if it were it wouldn’t do, For people such as me and you Who pretty nearly all day long

The glory of friendship is not, the outstretched hand,nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; It is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that

Don’t walk in front of me I may not follow Don’t walk behind me I may not lead Walk beside me And just be my friend   Albert Camus

WIKIPEDIA – The Free Encyclopaedia Origin There is a persistent belief that Greensleeves was composed by Henry VIII for his lover and future queen consort Anne Boleyn.[5] Boleyn allegedly rejected King Henry’s attempts to seduce

  LET MY PEOPLE GO – Paul Robeson  GO DOWN MOSES   https://youtu.be/w3OjHIhLCDs   In the song “Israel” represents the African-American slaves while “Egypt” and “Pharaoh” represent the slavemaster.  

Book ReviewLight on new world order rising in the East A new pamphlet outlines the positive impact China’s economic and political ascendancy could have globally — and for Britain, says

“THE WORST THING ABOUT NEW BOOKS IS THAT THEY KEEP US FROM READING THE OLD ONES” Joseph Joubert Member Booksellers The following booksellers are members of the Alliance: 56a in London is

Billy ‘Legend’ Bragg and BNP candidate Richard Barnbrook clash streets of Dagenham – Guardian.co.uk   https://youtu.be/XypRwQ6ojNQ   What a legend Billy is, he told the dirty scum bag nazi racist

Tue 20th Mar 2018         The spine is bent a swished up coil stained black by shadow Wake up, rise up, to the distorted mirror wipe the

Science in History is a four-volume book by scientist and historian….   The Radical  18th March 2018   …..Professor John Desmond Bernal, first published in 1954.   Buy it as

anita.thompson@durham.gov.uk as given by Bishop Auckland Librarian   The Radical 13 Mar at 16:33   You have a very poor selection of non fiction books  which tell an alternative story

BY  Melanie Aisbett

The Ball of Kirriemuir ‘Twas the gatherin’ o’ the Clans, and all the Scots were there,Skirlin’ on their bagpipes and strokin’ pussy hair. Chorus: Singin’ “Wha’ll dae ye, lassie, wha’ll

Burns Night 2018: How to address your haggis, courtesy of Robert Burns   ‘Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,/Great chieftain o the puddin’-race!’   Joe Sommerlad  The Independent Online Tasty Haggis will be

A Man’s A Man For A’ That 1795Type: SongTune: For a’ that. Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an’ a’ that; The coward slave-we pass him by, We dare be poor for

Burns Night     Alwyn Edgar   On 25 January Scots people round the world celebrate Burns night, piping in the haggis along with the neeps and tatties (turnips and

        On the occasion of the 93rd anniversary of Vladimir I. Lenin’s death, we post three major poems by the giants of literature and poetry Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930)and Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)

  To a Mouse is about a critical analysis of Robert Burns himself.. . The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry   But the Theme is of

Third degree burns 2012           Some have meat and cannot eat, Some cannot eat that want it; But we have meat and we can eat Sae

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  One More Day, One More Day One Day Older and Nearer to My Lord,  One More Day   We get up early with the rising sun Travel to London

      We’ar Tees and Tyne On the Northern Line Lads and Lasses are we Pushin’ boat out to sea   Cradle of the Rail  Of the Mine and

  Hiring fairs were also called statute, or mop fairs.      They date from the time of Edward III, and his attempt to regulate the labour market by the

“In winter I get up at night-And dress by yellow candle-light.In summer quite the other way,I have to go to bed by day.   I have to go to bed

A Man’s A Man For A’ That   Is there for honest poverty That hangs his head, and all that? The coward slave, we pass him by – We dare

Jeremy Corbyn is taking Labour back to the 1640s   The brave, ill-fated Levellers — who campaigned for universal suffrage and the abolition of the Lords — have always been