Stroud Scarlet and Cochineal Prologue Cochineal: a sessile parasite That lives on the moisture and nutrients of cacti, That die when...

The ineluctable, irresistible, Omnipotent, omniscient Wisdom of the market; The impersonal workings Of market forces and their impulse;...

SOLIDARITY AND HISTORY BOARD GAME Rules 1. Make your own board in a Monopoly style, numbering the squares thus: 1-10 on the first side...

I’ve just counted seventy-four conflicts, In which this country has been involved Since the start of the nineteenth century: This martial...

Walking the streets of Clifton, You can see the consequences Of enslavement compensation, And you can see the triangles of trade Behind...

Twelfth Night Historians debate the ritual significance of Twelfth Night, The gendered Lord of Misrule, the Rough Music, The Charivari,...

The Great Money Trick (Performed with Matches) Hello and welcome to my company, I’m going to be serious, I hope you will allow me; I’m...

I’m writing this only as an aide memoire, Not listing real or imagined examples of sleaze, Or debated details of governmental corruption...

For Whom the Bell Tolls There’s an old radical tradition Of beating pots and pans in the street, Making a public din (Rather than a...

Decolonising Stroud and the Five Valleys A. The Report into the Black Boy Clock with Questions (see https://sootallures.wixsite.com/top...

Report on the Significance of Blackboy Clock and associated Statue, Blackboy House, Castle Street, Stroud. 1. The Horological...