I Am Rich and You Are Poor: lines on dead Chinese workers and their rich benefactors by Anna Chen In support of today’s One Day Without Us day of action in the UK, I’m posting my poetry on the subject throughout the day. I Am Rich and You Are Poor Lines on dead Chinese workers […]
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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD It is always good to be brought into the light, even though it may take an age: better late than never. And so the theme of Heaven Sent, the penultimate episode in the latest series of Doctor Who, brings me to my knees in grateful awe. Heaven Sent knocked me off my
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SPOILER ALERT!!! Oh the excitement as the Amazon package containing another 3D blu-ray movie drops through the door. This week it’s the fifth in the much-loved Terminator franchise, Terminator Genisys which I’ve had on order for weeks and which was at long last released on November 2nd. But yikes … After a promising start with
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Here’s my poem about the current welcome rush to the heart and head. I guess that makes me a Poet for Jeremy Corbyn too. LABOUR PAINS We snapped on a light and in the glare all was laid bare. Suddenly Yvette Cooper wasn’t so super, Kendall won’t mend anything at all ‘cause Liz fights tooth
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I was a guest on the BBC World Service Weekend programme on Saturday, talking about the news: the Middle East, The Catholic Synod, Ebola and sheds. This year is the tenth anniversary of the Morecambe Bay Chinese cocklepickers disaster so I read my poem, “I Am Rich and Your Are Poor: lines on dead Chinese
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Why is Peter Capaldi flashing his red bits like a lady baboon, and other questions. SPOILER ALERT Anna Chen’s review of Dr Who “Deep Breath” first broadcast BBC1, Saturday 23rd August 2014 The Dalek was eyeing up some poor bastard on the far side of the room. It hadn’t yet seen me, so I backed
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