London Grip Poetry Review – Roy McFarlane
Emma Lee describes Roy McFarlane’s new collection as an important book from a compassionate poet.
London Grip Poetry Review – Konstandinos Mahoney
Wendy French admires Dino Mahoney’s poems for their empathy and breadth of understanding
London Grip Poetry Review – Tom Weir
Carla Scarano appreciates Tom Weir’s treatment of uncertainty in his new collection
London Grip Poetry Review – Deborah Alma
Neil Fulwood compliments Deborah Alma for a collection which rolls up its sleeves and gets down to business
London Grip Poetry Review – Myra Schneider
Wendy Klein finds rich imagery and a restless search for meaning in Myra Schneider’s ambitious tenth collection
London Grip Poetry Review – Zaffar Kunial
David Cooke is engaged by Zaffar Kunial’s poetic exploration of his own identity
London Grip Poetry Review – Lynne Wycherley
Alex Josephy discusses a passionate and thought-provoking collection from Lynne Wycherley
War and Peace, WNO. Review by Barbara Lewis.
Tolstoy’s great, complex, genre-busting sprawl “War and Peace” is about many things, including Russian nationalism to the extent that when Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in 1941, Stalin reached for the work to promote a patriotic defence of the Motherland.
London Grip Poetry Review – David Tait
D A Prince reflects upon the complexities explored in David Tait’s second full collection
Review of “Dogman” a Film by Matteo Garrone. Jane McChrystal.
“Dogman” has scenes of tragedy and violence which are unforgettable and, at times, unbearable to watch.
Yayoi Kusama: The moving moment when I went to the universe. Review by Carla Scarano.
A daring exhibition of Yayoi Kusama’s work at Victoria Miro Art Gallery.
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 […]