Benjamin Zephaniah was a poet who didn’t just want to read poems, he wanted to perform poems, rooted in the oral tradition, bringing poetry to life, bringing poetry to the people. As a young Rastafarian from Handsworth, Birmingham, in the 80s, he could be found reciting poetry on Channel 4,…

Sorry We Missed You by Ben Banyard Get to the depot at stupid o'clock to load Internet impulse purchasesinto a hired van using a rented handheld.It shows you the route, simple, they said,park wherever with your hazards on,jump out and hand it over, no worries. But new guys get the…

According to Greta Thunberg, ‘Beyonce was wrong. Girls don’t run the world: corporations and financial interests do.’ But how do you write poems about the kind of world we live in, as defined by Thunberg? One way of doing so is by keeping such a conviction as an undercurrent, but…

Angels of Light by Nick Moss Eichmann’s first day at the International Criminal Court Checks his in-tray, prepares a list.Sets down the journal he’s bought from Aspinalls. Traces his fingers across the surface of the coverThe softness of full-grain leather.Places the Montegrappa pen alongside. One of 888.A limited edition. Where…