London Grip is a wholly independent online venue, a cultural omnibus providing intelligent reviews of current shows and events, well-argued articles on the widest range of topics, an exhibition space for cross-media arts and an in-house poetry magazine with its own editor.

Reviews and articles may be submitted to The Editor, Stephen McGrath: editor@londongrip.co.uk
Poetry and poetry reviews may be submitted to The Poetry Editor, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs: poetry@londongrip.co.uk

London Grip was founded by Patricia Morris in 2007 with the aim of publishing original contributions making their first appearance on the internet. Since then, the reach of the magazine has been hugely extended under the guidance of the present editors. In particular the quarterly magazine London Grip New Poetry aspires to a life beyond the internet both by offering itself in an optional print-friendly form and also by organising occasional poetry events at venues round London.

Giacometti at the Tate Modern. Review by Jane McChrystal.

Giacometti at the Tate Modern. Review by Jane McChrystal.

Alberto Giacometti’s standing figures are some of the most easily recognized sculptures of the twentieth century.  The plaster, clay and bronze figures he made in the 1940’s and 1950’s were seen as a perfect encapsulation of the spirit of post-war Paris.

Sadler’s Wells: Rain by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. Review by Adrestia Glaistig

Sadler’s Wells: Rain by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. Review by Adrestia Glaistig

Despite her trademark style of fine adjustments made to repetitions of movements, Rain is anything but repetitious. It is seventy minutes of magnificent music made manifest, performed by ten of the finest dancers who comprise Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s company Rosas.

London Grip Poetry Review – Ricci

London Grip Poetry Review – Ricci

Graham Hardie finds much to admire in Marilyn Ricci’s new collection Night Rider

London Grip Poetry Review – Shuttle

London Grip Poetry Review – Shuttle

Roger Caldwell is enthusiastic about the richness and variety of new collection by Penelope Shuttle

Fifty Ways to Fly

Fifty Ways to Fly

James Roderick Burns reflects on the multiple goals a poetry anthology editor has to aim for – and considers that Alison Hill has done pretty well with her selection of flying-related poems

London Grip Poetry Review – Etty

London Grip Poetry Review – Etty

D A Prince finds the poems of Robert Etty to be very good company as they explore Lincolnshire’s landscape and introduce its people

The Island, Southwark Playhouse, London. Review by Barbara Lewis.

The Island, Southwark Playhouse, London. Review by Barbara Lewis.

Art is at its most powerfully dramatic when it gives voice to the oppressed. By using the device of a play within a play to utmost effect, The Island communicates the oppression of a recent generation by drawing on tragic defiance from classical times.

London Grip Poetry Review – Cooke

London Grip Poetry Review – Cooke

David Cooke’s latest collection offers both variety and a sense of unity, observes Emma Lee

London Grip Poetry Review – Evans

London Grip Poetry Review – Evans

Pamela Johnson takes an in-depth look at a significant selection of poetry from Martina Evans

London Grip New Poetry – Summer 2017

London Grip New Poetry – Summer 2017

* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Margarita Serafimova *Nod Ghosh *James Aitchison *Jim C Wilson *Andrew James *George Tardios * Leni Dipple *Beth McDonough *Sally Long *Caroline Natzler * Kevin Casey *Murray Bodo * Edward Lee * Antony Johae * Sanjeev Sethi *Chris Beckett * Angela Kirby * Kevin Cahill * Keith […]

Pleasure and Humanity in Canary Wharf, by Jane McChrystal.

Pleasure and Humanity in Canary Wharf, by Jane McChrystal.

Canary Wharf, London’s second financial district, was founded in the early 1980’s in the face of vigorous opposition from the local population which had been devastated by the loss of the docks and industries, where earlier generations had made a living for nearly two hundred years.

London Grip Poetry Review – Barlow

London Grip Poetry Review – Barlow

Peter Ulric Kennedy is vastly impressed by Mike Barlow’s most recent collection of poems.

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