Sons and OthersIn the UK, around one in six men will experience some form of sexual violence. Many of these men who experience sexual abuse are dismissed, only brought up as the butt of a joke, an exception to the rule or, perhaps at worst, are used as a rhetorical tool against female victims. Conversations on sexual violence have understandably focused on womens voices and experiences, with data indicating that women are still the majority of victims and not enough

He is searching for the perfect zero

and those showing the horrendous suffering of the POWs such as King of the Damned have an iconic status

The first 100 columns are collected here

Cremin has recently been on a reading tour of Ireland and continues to perform and record her poetry regularly

the capacity to embrace this past and to see wholly afresh what was once familiar and unremarked

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The poems’ subjects and ideas are underpinned and elaborated on by the featured quotations

ironic and visionary

and how important it is to trust our own voices

Huzama Habayeb

Millions of people have been fascinated by his novels

Ghalia Kabbani A short story Dreams of a Well-Bred Girl