Artemisia: A riveting exhibition at the National Gallery spanning Artemisia Gentileschi’s 45-year career displays her best artwork.
Poetry review – THE BLUE HOTEL: Charles Rammelkamp considers some episodes in the lives of famous people as imagined in poems by Alan Catlin
THE FIRE OF JOY: Edmund Prestwich looks at a very personal poetry compilation by Clive James
Poetry review – INHERENT: Pat Edwards finds an intriguing blend of moods in these poems by Lucia Orellana Damacela
Poetry review – HERD QUEEN: Emma Storr praises the range of voices and moods in Di Slaney’s collection
Poetry Review – GRIMOIRE: Edmund Prestwich admires Robin Roberson’s invocation of dark powers in his new collection
Angela Topping browses a new selection of Gothic Verse edited by Nisha Bhakoo
Poetry review – A COMMONPLACE: Stuart Henson reviews an intriguingly different mix of collection & anthology by Jonathan Davidson
Poetry review – TOUCHED: Wendy French appreciates the emotional insights in Alan Buckley’s debut collection
John Looker considers the unusual poems of Thomas Davis
Before lockdown, Bewley’s Café Theatre in the bustling heart of Dublin was the place to grab a short lunch-time play, a bowl of soup – and maybe even chat up a stranger. For now, those days are gone, but Bewley’s has joined forces with online events company The Lock Inn to open the tiny venue to a potentially limitless audience.
By Barbara Lewis • performance, plays, theatre, year 2020 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, performance, plays, theatre