Poem from issue #1 of The Broken Spine Artist Collective Bruach Kandinsky-Mhor lives by a loch. His poems have most recently appeared in Ink, Sweat and Tears, Ekphrastic Review, Re-Side, Morphrog, The Lake, Plumwood Mountain, Poetry Village and Emerald (Monstrous Regiment, Edinburgh).
On Saturday 31 January 2026, The Broken Spine Live rolls back into Southport for an evening of raw words and real ale,
Gig Review: Stereophonics at M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool – 16 December 2025 I have loved Stereophonics since the day I bought Local
History has nudged Slade from cultural force to kitsch cartoon glam, without stripping away the warmth, humour, or end-of-night singalong spirit that
The Broken Spine is a poetry and arts collective proudly published on the coastal edge of North-West England. Founded in 2019 by Alan Parry and Paul Robert Mullen – two school friends reunited after twenty years through a mutual love of poetry.
