The Gun
Bernard Green offers another of his distinctive reminiscences about his early life in post-war Surrey. .
year 2016
London Grip Poetry Review – Page
Peter Ulric Kennedy examines Jeremy Page’s poetic O Level responses
London Grip Poetry Review – Costello
Nick Cooke explores the background to the cinema-related poems in Anthony Costello’s new collection
London Grip Poetry Review – Hall
For Graham Hardie, the poems of June Hall engage authentically with human experience
The Zoo: the wild and wonderful tale of the founding of London Zoo by Isobel Charman. A review by Jane McChrystal
When a book appeared in October promising the “wild and wonderful tale of the founding of London Zoo” I picked it up in search of insight into what drove the founding fathers of the London Zoological Society and whether it has any relevance to the function of zoos today.
Enjoyment
“Enjoyment” is a word that well describes Thomas Ovans’ reaction to Alan Brownjohn’s dystopian comedy set in the near future.
London Grip New Poetry – Winter 2016-7
* This issue of London Grip New Poetry features poems by: * J S Watts * Emer Lyons * Pam Job * Kerrin P Sharpe * Joan Michelson * Hugh McMillan * Barry Smith * Nick Cooke * Melanie Penycate * Rodney Wood * Ricky Garni * Neil Curry * Ruth Hanover * Donald Atkinson […]
London Grip Poetry Review – Burns
Merryn Williams praises a new – but, sadly, posthumous – collection from Elizabeth Burns
London Grip Poetry Review – McLaughlin
Roderick Burns is mightily impressed by Jane McLaughlin’s first collection
London Grip Poetry Review – Bermudez
Emma Lee observes how the poetry of Isabel Bermudez deals with subtle connections
Intrigue, James Ensor, Royal Academy. Review by Barbara Lewis.
In the 1930s, as he fled Nazi Germany, Einstein passed through the Belgian port of Ostend, en route to the United States, and met the painter James Ensor. He asked him what he painted, to which Ensor replied “nothing”.
Mithkal Alzghair Displacement, Sadlers Wells. Review by Julia Pascal.
Mithkal Alzghair’s 55 minute performance, Displacement, is both a simple and highly complex dance work. Alzghair is a Syrian artist who has studied in Damascus and in Montpellier and the work reflects traditional Arab and modern European cultural influences.