The Verse’s Tamara Stidwell explores why sales of George Orwell’s novel Nineteen eighty-four have surged recently, and what it means to live in a Post-Truth world, where power trumps reality. “It’s selling really well!” Remarks the friendly assistant in Brighton and Hove’s biggest independent book shop, CityBooks, “And all round […]
Poetry & Literature
The Verse’s Tamara Stidwell headed down to the Grand Slam final of Brighton Hammer and Tongue which kicked off at the Komedia on the 1st December. On the 1st December down at the Komedia the Grand Slam final of Brighton’s famous poetry group Hammer and Tongue took place. Poets battled […]
The Verse’s Tamara Stidwell tells us about the Poetry Marathon for refugees taking place at the Komedia on the 11th December. On Sunday 11th December from 12 noon to 10pm at the Komedia Brighton, a literary marathon is going to be taking place and all for a very good cause! The […]
The Verse’s Tamara Stidwell previews the upcoming Brighton Hammer and Tongue: Grand Slam Final at the Komedia. As the year of 2016 reaches its climax, Brighton Hammer and Tongue are going out with a slam to rap it up! Down at the Komedia on the 1st of December, every slam […]
The Verse’s Matt Simmons shares his Trumpty Dumpty poem in light of recent events… Trumpty Dumpty shocked us all, When Hilary Clinton took a great fall. Republican congress, his army of men, Plan to make America ‘great’ again. Trumpty Dumpty wanted a wall, His fascist bigotry is taking […]
