Excursion to Limehouse Town Hall, by Jane McChrystal.
A new municipal HQ for the Borough of Tower Hamlets is being built on the site of the old Royal London Hospital, and it’s due to open in 2022.
poetry
My Pen – My Selfie Stick
Neil Curry fears that wit and breadth of imagination are becoming undervalued by contemporary poets
London Grip New Poetry – Autumn 2018
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Joan Michelson *Joe Balaz *Fiona Sinclair*Arlene Antoinette *Janet Hatherley *Valentina Colonna * Milton P Ehrlich *Pamela Job *Emma Lee *David Lockyer * Brian Docherty *Mark Young * Chris Palmer *Bruce Christianson * Marilyn Ricci * Nicholas McGaughey * R G Jodah *Myra Schneider * […]
London Grip New Poetry Summer 2018
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Robert Etty *Mark Young *Rodney Wood *Peter Daniels *Jill Harris *Derek Adams * Marion McCready *Robert Nisbet *Emma Neale *Pamela Job * Tim Love *Susannah Hart * Ian C Smith *Gareth Culshaw * Dan Bennett * Anne Ballard * E Wen Wong *Phil Wood […]
On Poetry
Stuart Henson decides that Jonathan Davidson’s “On Poetry” is a book for both writers and listeners. And academics might enjoy it too.
Polyphonic: Animated Poetry and Music
Andreea Scridon reports on a music & poetry event held at the Romanian Cultural Institute
Interesting? I’ll Say!
John Lucas reviews a genuinely interesting collection of essays by Jim Burns – and adds some equally interesting observations of his own
London Grip New Poetry – Spring 2018
* This issue of London Grip New Poetry features poems by: * M W Bewick *Frank Dullaghan *Anne Ballard *Mary Michaels *Sanjeev Sethi *Ray Miller * Richard Lewis *Thomas McColl *Stephen Claughton *Phil Kirby * Stuart Pickford *Heidi Williamson * Sarah James *Kate Noakes * Carol DeVaughn * Jim C Wilson * P W Bridgman […]
Poems for Grenfell Tower
Rip Bulkeley describes the planning and production of a forthcoming anthology of poems responding to the fire in Grenfell Tower .
Journeys with ‘The Waste Land’. Turner Contemporary. Review by Fiona Sinclair.
I expected this to be an exhibition focusing on the links between art and T.S Eliot. Journeys with ‘The Waste Land’s is however something more unique. It is an exhibition that focuses purely on this extraordinary poem with all its contexts, voices and virtuosity.
London Grip New Poetry – Winter 2017/8
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: *Bethany W Pope *Maggie Butt *Ruth Bidgood *Helen Kay *Keith Nunes *Robert Ford *Deborah Tyler-Bennett *Stuart Pickford *Sue Burge *Kerrin P Sharpe *Pam Thompson *Jean Atkin *Bruce Christianson *Jan Hutchison *Phil Kirby *Stuart Henson *Ben Banyard *Gareth Culshaw *Barry Smith *Mary Franklin *Laura McKee *Carla […]
London Grip New Poetry Winter 2018/9
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Maggie Freeman *Mary Franklin *Marisa Cappetta *Helen Burke *James Norcliffe *Claire Crowther * Keith Nunes *Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon*Hatty Calbus *Tess Jolly * Stuart Handysides *Abegail Morley * Carla Scarano *Stuart Pickford * Brian Docherty * Bethany W Pope * Arthur Russell *Nicholas Lyon […]