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Issues

Monthly issues of TheNeverZine - all our articles, interviews and original writing collated into monthly editions. Make a cuppa, put a record on and get settled to dive into our wonderful back issues

Mic Nightlife ⸱ Tim Foley

Mic Nightlife - Storytime London, Morocco Bound

Storytime evenings are as energetic and enigmatic as their host. This edition is an extension of my experience of that. Simple, straightforward storytelling that somehow makes perfect salubrious sense! I have a story to tell! I yell Silently inside myself Come tell! I hear him yell  And I follow his
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Poetry ⸱ Ameer Azad

King Shezzar's Dream

King Shezzar's Dream They prostrate before the idol of a brass turkey Whose wings encase the city like an egg. Origami chieftains sway on their litters Carried by hunchbacked children Serving wine soaked Dodo meat crawling with ants. Gaze narrows at the crumbling multicoloured ziggurats Where the accused
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Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Ricky Frost

‘I met Ricky when I was pretty new on the scene, at my first ever poetry slam at Slamden, Raven Records in Camden. I didn’t really understand what a slam was and did a sad moody poem, made my wife cry and came last! Ricky was so kind and
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Interviews ⸱ Graham Thomas

The Big Interview: Alex Taylor, film director

The only way to have the answers is to have a vision, then most questions are just a case of consulting with your vision and answering in a way that fits in with it.
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Poetry ⸱ Ameer Azad

I am The Martian

I am The Martian Past the unseeable colours beyond It awaits in one pointed concentration A being separate from meaning, that is, was, and will be, and surpasses such names On the journey through the prismatic death mirrors, it recognised the fearful apparitions of the self, abandoning all linear notions
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Articles ⸱ Tim Foley

Mic Nightlife: Words at the Woodfield

Mic Nightlife is a photography, poetry and storytelling series celebrating the places in which people share words.
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Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Adriana Cloud

'I met Adriana at the Sober AF poetry night at Club Soda, which was a wonderful, soulful poetry night that is sadly now no more. The clue is in the name that the night usually steered towards stories of sobriety and recovery, though it was a welcoming place for
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Interviews ⸱ Tim Foley

Interview: Pierre Lavie and John Abernathy, documentary photographers

"I do this work for my children, and for everyone’s children—for the next generation that deserves to inherit a country honest enough to look at itself, and brave enough to change."
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Interviews ⸱ Tim Foley

Interview: Photofusion / Parallax, Brixton

'The organisation was born here, shaped by Brixton’s history of activism, creativity and community-led change, and that spirit still runs through everything we do.'
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Interviews ⸱ Graham Thomas

Interview: Alisa Jakimanskaja, doll maker

When conceiving these dolls, I nurture their image in my mind for a very long time. Every detail matters — every wrinkle, every fold in their clothing — for I must understand who they are, why they stand there, and what dwells in their soul.
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Interviews ⸱ Graham Thomas

The Big Interview: Maddi Almond, book designer

'We make art that clarifies meaning, connects people and enriches every element of our lives. Whatever it is that’s calling to you, trust it. The world needs you and your art.'
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Interviews ⸱ Luke Searle

Allan Matsov: Music producer, NooPop Records

We are back in the Baltics and going freeform with Allan Mastov. You may remember we met previously Allan Mastov a few weeks back and we yapped away about his ace record store (read all about that here). This time we shift focus away from Uperkuut, and instead pick his
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Poetry

Original poetry from TheNeverPress - new work and also extracts and full pieces from old collections.

Write Speak Recover ⸱ Tim Foley

Write Speak Recover: Rick McLean

At first look and listen Rick and his brand of performance poetry might seem a bit ballsy and belligerent. Righteous, chip paper written rants on the state of society. Scratch the surface though and you'll find a sensitive sage, a watcher, a man who sees through the surfaces
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