CLASSIFIED POETRY: ‘PENNY’ BY D.R. JAMES

CLASSIFIED POETRY: ‘PENNY’ BY D.R. JAMES

  Penny D.R. James   The b & w photo, not posed, is the picture of 50’s innocence: little boy, five, with a butch and sensible shoes, little bow tie, little vest over crisp white shirt. Sitting ‘Indian’ style, he pets his little dog, who no kidding lies...
REVIEW: NAFEESA HAMID’S ‘BESHARAM’

REVIEW: NAFEESA HAMID’S ‘BESHARAM’

REVIEW: NAFEESA HAMID’S ‘BESHARAM’ BESHARAM BY NAFEESA HAMID Verve Poetry Press ISBN: 978-1 912565 05 4 £9.99/108 pages   Reviewed by Stella Backhouse What intrigues me most about Nafeesa Hamid’s début collection Besharam (One who is shameless) is the innovative...
FIRE & DUST MEETS: HOLLY WATSON

FIRE & DUST MEETS: HOLLY WATSON

FIRE & DUST MEETS: HOLLY WATSON We don’t want to pigeonhole you, so – in your own words, can you tell our readers what you do and what you’re about. I write a blog called The Coventry Conch about growing up on the outskirts of the city in the 90s and early 00s....

‘Brought Up Right’ by Karen Lethlean

HCE received a lot of high-quality submissions for The Brutal Issue – sadly, too many to fit inside the magazine! So we offered some of our shortlisted contributors the chance to be published on our website. Keep an eye on our social media for more great writing like...