London Grip Poetry Review -Valentine
Following in Fitzgerald’s Footsteps: Brian Docherty reviews Ruth Valentine’s small but politically significant and beautifully illustrated new collection from Hercules Editions
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London Grip Poetry Review – Morrison
Ruth Valentine considers the balance between politics and poetics in Alan Morrison’s new collection
The World Saved by Kids
Caroline Maldonado welcomes Cristina Viti’s recent translation of a 1968 poem-cycle by Elsa Morante
The Fall of Athens
John Lucas finds multiple reasons to recommend this memoir by Gail Holst-Warhaft which is studded through with her own accomplished poetry and also gives a shrewdly observant account of post-war Greek history
London Grip Poetry Review – Campo & Beck
Rafael Campo and Zeina Hashem Beck are two very different poets and Norbert Hirschhorn enjoys their work in different ways
Poems for Jeremy Corbyn
Thomas Ovans investigates a Shoestring anthology edited by Merryn Williams which has received an unusual amount of attention for a poetry book.
London Grip Poetry Review – Rosen
Fiona Sinclair considers a heavyweight collection from Michael Rosen and decides that it does not pull any political punches.
Over Land, Over Sea
Merryn Williams commends both the intention and the achievement of a poetry anthology in aid of refugee charities
Xenophobia. John Snelling.
Ask most people to name something beginning with ‘x’ and they will likely say ‘X-Box’, ‘X-Factor’ or ‘xylophone’. Far fewer will think of ‘xenophobia’. This is a sad reflection of an oversimplification that has crept into our political discourse.
Can Nationalism be Progressive?
In the debate leading up to the 2015 General Election, it is noteworthy that of the three significant parties opposing austerity, two are overtly nationalist. To some this seems suspicious as nationalism has always had a reputation as a rather right wing ideology.
Politics & Society: My May 1968
Archive 2008 Londongrip . . . Politics & Society My May 1968
The Creation of the Myth of Dunkirk, by Jane McChrystal.
When Neville Chamberlain declared war on Germany on 3rd September 1939, the country he led was by no means united in its opposition to Hitler. The English aristocracy numbered many Nazi sympathisers in its ranks, who would have welcomed the introduction of a regime modelled on the Third Reich into their country during the 1930’s.