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Paul Birtill - Claimant
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STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
Claimant
Paul Birtill
We got talking in a bar
and I took her back to my flat.
I suppose I was trying to impress her,
and told her I was a published author,
wrote poetry and plays, mentioned that
several had been staged at London theatres,
and that my poems had been in national newspapers.
'You're on the dole,' she said, pointing at my UB40
on the mantelpiece.
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