London Grip Poetry Review – Freeman
D A Prince discusses John Freeman’s direct and emotionally honest poetry
year 2017
London Grip Poetry Review – Whyte
Graham Hardie is won over by a freshness and simplicity he finds in Hamish Whyte’s poetry
London Grip Poetry Review – Robic
Wendy French enthuses about a prize-winning first collection by Gillie Robic
London Grip Poetry Review – Lock
Nick Cooke catches up with a dramatic but sometimes unsettling collection by Fran Lock
Too Brave to Dream
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs dips into a collection of ‘lost’ ekphrastic poems by R S Thomas
Excursion to Rotherhithe, by Jane McChrystal.
If you’re a Londoner with time on your hands, take a trip to Rotherhithe and spend an afternoon immersed in centuries of history.
London Grip Poetry Review – Woods & Tardios
John Lucas reviews collections from Gregory Woods and George Tardios
London Grip Poetry Review – Stephenson
Wendy French commends a serious and significant chapbook collection from Paul Stephenson
London Grip Poetry Review – Margarit
David Cooke finds Joan Margarit to be a poet of authentic experience who does not rely on tricks or strain after effect.
London Grip Poetry Review – White
Reading Gail White’s collection makes D A Prince think again about some conventional assessments of ‘light’ verse
Who Killed Emil Kreisler?
Roderick Burns is taken aback by the diversity of a short story collection from Nigel Jarrett
Spectrum Art Prize – Helping to articulate the unique conditions associated with autism.
We are delighted to announce Spectrum’s competition, The Spectrum Art Prize. This is a new national award which celebrates the exciting work produced by artists on the autistic spectrum.