D A Prince reads ‘Artist’s impression’ (Issue 90)

Natural-Sounding Speech (Issue 90)

What is natural-sounding speech, and why is it so valued? Raymond Williams’ discussion of ‘nature’ in his Keywords was fraught…

Regina Weinert reads ‘Helping you decide’ (Issue 90)

Jean Stevens reads ‘Pye Black Box’ (Issue 90)

Mike Lewis-Beck reads ‘Fear of Flying’s’ (Issue 90)

Juliet Fossey reads ‘Visiting the Poet’ (Issue 89)

Juliet Antill reads ‘De-lousing my six year-old’ (Issue 89)

Yvie Holder reads ‘A Guide for Emigrants, 1950’ (Issue 89)

Beth Booth reads ‘Trappings’ (Issue 89)

Music composed and performed by Will Truby.

William Bonar reads ‘Rebound’ (Issue 89)

William Bonar (1953-2021) was an established and admired contributor to Scottish poetry. https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/william-bonar/

Liz Almond reads ‘Azotea Behaviour’ (Issue 89)

Aidan Everett reads ‘Denys the Areopagite Turns in his Grave’ (Issue 89)

Poems and Politics (Issue 89)

Jonathan Van-Tam has a way with metaphors. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer’s clear football analogies for tackling Covid-19 are a…

Alison Campbell reads ‘cleft lip, cleft palate and club foot’ (Issue 88)

Joan Michelson reads ‘Autumn Moment’ (Issue 88)

Saiqa Khushnood reads ‘Where is my name?’ (Issue 88)

In response to the hashtag started by Afghani women to protest against the custom that it is dishonourable to mention…

‘My Deafness, My Mother’s Deafness, My Grandad’s Deafness’ by John Barron (Issue 86)

My Deafness, My Mother’s Deafness, My Grandad’s Deafness Was felt inside that P.E. bag my mum stitched from old curtains.…

Miles Salter reads ‘An Anchor’ (Issue 88)