The Poetry of Gin and Tea

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>To me literature only works when freedoms of thought and expression are seen as essentials to liberty and life. That obviously isn't true in our culture where - at best - a crushing elite tolerates 'me speech' but not free speech. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Many have suffered at their hands. I fictionalise my own experiences in </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Poetry of Gin and Tea</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>. Those misappropriated drinks represent something we've lost linking our predicament with prophecies from the greatest of 20th-century English writers: George Orwell. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>He warned how this would happen through control then destruction of our language. Supposedly done for 'progressive aims' but actually as displays of unchallengeable power destroying our shared humanity and culture.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Paul Sutton</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>I marvel at Paul Sutton's unique ability to confront the demons of our time and beat them at their own game - the game of words. His poetry is a subtle affront to the censorship around us. His speech is more than simply free. </span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Ewan Morrison</strong></p>