* ISSUE 58 of LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features poems by: *Michael Carrino *James Croal Jackson *David Lewitzky *John Grey *Anne Eyries *Merryn Williams *Andrew Shields *John Whitehouse *Jim Murdoch *Julie-Ann Rowell *Kathryn Southworth *Michael Loveday *Kathleen Bell *Jill Sharp *David Dumouriez *Michael Klimeš *Christine McNeill *Caleb Murdock *Pam Job *Solape Adetutu Adeyemi *Brian Kirk […]
Poetry review – BREATHING : Gareth Writer-Davies reviews a collection by David Van-Cauter which deals painstakingly and intimately with some of life’s tough questions
Mephisto, Colonel Redl, Hanussen. Review by Alan Price. This remarkable loose trilogy covers a wide span of Mitteleuropa history from the gradual disintegration of the Habsburg Empire to the start of WW1 and the beginnings of Nazism.
Poetry review – THE INVISIBLE MAN’S TAILOR: Neil Elder has been looking forward to a first collection from Patrick Meeds and now he has a chance to review it
Nordic Noir. Review by Barbara Lewis. Beyond “The Scream,” Edvard Munch’s gift to art was his innovative approach to woodcuts, which involved cutting them into pieces so they could be coated in different colours and then putting them back together like a jigsaw.
Poetry review – THE APOTHEOSIS OF MUSIC: Daniel Barbiero reviews a new translation of poems by Witold Wirpsza and considers the effect of history on the poet’s work
Poetry review – BELIEVING IN THE PLANET: Alwyn Marriage welcomes a new collection by Myra Schneider, dealing with many themes from the environmental to the personal
Jobsworth. Review by Barbara Lewis. Libby Rodliffe is not only a performer, she is a writer. As a performer, she takes on more than ten roles, one of which is Bea, who has four jobs.
Poetry review – BRIDGING TIME 1944-2024: Thomas Ovans is both intrigued and moved by Patricia Townsend’s sonnet sequence incorporating and responding to wartime letters from her father. . .
I Dream of Theresa May. Review by Barbara Lewis. As the nation is riven by Brexit and bitter arguments rage over immigration, the power of theatre to tackle the most divisive subjects in a non-confrontational way has never been more vital.
Drifting. Review by Barbara Lewis. Social divisions have only deepened in the decade since the Ardent company was founded to try to make the world of theatre, long dominated by the privileged classes, less exclusive.
Poetry review – FIFTY POEMS: Ian Pople considers Geoffrey Lehmann’s new translations of poems by Rainer Maria Rilke
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