Paul Graham Raven

Despite countless obituaries, poetry has never laid down and died, though there have certainly been periods when its relevance was hard to…

Paul Mason discusses formative years of strikes and resistance, and the ongoing political situation in Britain and beyond - which he sees as the death throes of the world that Thatcher built atop the bones of the welfare state.

What can one say by manner of introducing the notoriously shock-mopped John Cooper Clarke, pioneer of punk poetry and honorary doctor of…

Miriam Ast & Victor Gutierrez The Lescar26 SeptemberThe Back Room in The Lescar is the kind of small, intimate space where you'd…

Cat PowerWandererAmerican musician Cat Power, born Charlyn Marshall, is a respected and seasoned artist, notable for her lengthy absences…

A decade since their groundbreaking album, The Fall of Math, 65daysofstatic return to Sheffield for their first sort-of-hometown show in…

Bouldering might just be the biggest sport you've never heard of. As the name implies, it's a form of climbing that requires no ropes or…

I've been saying for years that, so far as genuine novelty is concerned, music is all over bar the shouting. I've decided it's high time I…

My hometown of Portsmouth can only claim one vaguely famous musical son. Given the son in question is Joe Jackson, and he really came from…