Views from the margins

Politician I highly respect, one active between the two world wars. I'm talking about Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim. I don't understand politics very well, but it seems to me that nice people are not involved, with the exception of Caligula. But all I know about him...

Just What Is It That Makes Today's Zine’s So Different?  What makes zines different today could be the regionalistic aspect: in the last few years there seems to be a growing trend towards localised, tradition and folk oriented zines, which could be a way for people...

NOTES FROM A GALLERY 2 WALLS & MASKS   After the first night of Band of Holy Joy’s action at Gallery 46 I was really looking forward to whatever came next. I’m glad to say I wasn’t disappointed. Yesterday I’d been pretty near overwhelmed by the intense...

NOISE BEAUTY PASSION HOLY JOY/NOTES FROM A GALLERY, pts 1-2 How do we respond to the madness of the last year – embrace the craziness? Hang on to the remaining threads of normality? None of the above? Lockdown restrictions have made life especially difficult for...

Its early in the morning and I am waking up to a fog of thoughts, trying to assemble them into some kind of structure for another day in Lockdown UK. I know the current restrictions are for the good of  us all, that's  a no brainer as far as I'm concerned, but It’s a...

Punk Matters By Ren Aldridge   Punk is my politics, identity, community and the centre of my life right now, as the front woman of a touring band. I was drawn to its volume, passion and anti-authority politics as a teenager, and it has guided my choices...