What are people doing fucking dying? Haven’t they got better things to do?
No sooner than you’re on someone’s wavelength, then suddenly they’re whisked away from you. Heathcote Williams on the death of David Bowie.
Author Heathcote Williams
Heathcote Williams: The last of the fire breathers
Poetry had to unsettle, subvert, with luck destroy, whatever stopped human beings thinking freely and acting justly.
Why D’ya Do It? By Marianne Faithfull. Words by Heathcote Williams
Why’d ya do it, she said, they’re mine, all your jewels You just tied me to the mast of the ship of fools
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson: two blonde beasts harpooned by Heathcote Williams
“I thought I’d try my hand at harpooning. Fortunately, two suitable targets surfaced.”
Why a peace hero of Islam is not welcome as Theresa May and Trump scapegoat Muslims
In today’s Islamophobic western world, the 100,000-strong ‘Islamic Peace Army’ has been written out of history.
Heathcote Williams: An old photograph, dated 1945
It’s 1945 and Heathcote Williams is completely unaware of the war, or of thoughts of invasion.
Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton: whoever wins it will still mean endless war
There may be antipathy between the candidates, but for the rest of the world this election will be no different from those before.
When war criminal Tony Blair met Harry Patch, WW1’s longest surviving soldier
When Tony Blair posed for a photo opportunity with Harry Patch, Britain’s longest surviving WW1 soldier, he got more than he bargained for.
