Peace & Freedom is a poetry

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

, prose

Prose

Prose is the most typical form of written language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure...

, and art

Art

Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....

 magazine, first published by Paul Rance in 1985. It is one of a number of publications produced by Peace & Freedom Press

Peace & Freedom Press

Peace & Freedom Press are a British small press based in Whaplode Drove, and was co-founded by Paul Rance in 1985. Peace & Freedom magazine, also launched in 1985, remains its oldest title, and was originally a poetry and music fanzine. Early issues featured the likes of Chumbawamba, Paul...

, which Rance co-founded with Hartlepool

Hartlepool

Hartlepool is a town and port in North East England.It was founded in the 7th century AD, around the Northumbrian monastery of Hartlepool Abbey. The village grew during the Middle Ages and developed a harbour which served as the official port of the County Palatine of Durham. A railway link from...

 poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 Andrew Bruce.

Though being a continuation of previous Paul Rance-produced publications, such as The Warden and Harmony, Peace & Freedom magazine began life as a photocopied zine

Zine

A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....

 until the late 1980s, when its first properly printed issue was an ill-advised green ink affair.

Peace & Freedom has evolved into a more poetry orientated publication, from its poetry

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

/music

Music

Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...

 beginnings, and now also publishes short stories and essays. The magazine still has a strong emphasis on social

Social

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, humanitarian and environmental

Environmentalism

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 issues.

Poets, writers, and bands who have graced the pages of Peace & Freedom include Henry Normal

Henry Normal

Henry Normal is an English comedian, television producer, poet and writer. He is Managing Director of Baby Cow Productions Ltd which he set up with Steve Coogan....

, Steve Sneyd, Andrew Darlington, Andrew Savage, Chumbawamba

Chumbawamba

Chumbawamba is a British musical group who have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music...

, Ian McNabb

Ian McNabb

Robert Ian McNabb is a British singer-songwriter and musician from Liverpool, England. He is known both for his work as leader and songwriter-in-chief of The Icicle Works in the 1980s, and his critically acclaimed solo career throughout from the early 1990s to date...

, and Man's Hate

Man's Hate

Man's Hate was a solo music project of ex-APF Brigade, and one-time The Peace & Freedom Band member, Andi Xport. It was also the name of his privately produced cassette label, Man's Hate Productions....

. Despite internet rumours to the contrary, no proof of rock musician Pete Doherty

Pete Doherty

Peter Doherty is an English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist. He is best known musically for being co-frontman of The Libertines, which he reformed with Carl Barât in 2010. His other musical project is indie band Babyshambles...

posting an ad in Peace & Freedom, seeking fellow poets as a very young man, has yet been found.