London Grip is a wholly independent online venue, a cultural omnibus providing intelligent reviews of current shows and events, well-argued articles on the widest range of topics, an exhibition space for cross-media arts and an in-house poetry magazine with its own editor.

Reviews and articles may be submitted to The Editor, Stephen McGrath: editor@londongrip.co.uk
Poetry and poetry reviews may be submitted to The Poetry Editor, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs: poetry@londongrip.co.uk

London Grip was founded by Patricia Morris in 2007 with the aim of publishing original contributions making their first appearance on the internet. Since then, the reach of the magazine has been hugely extended under the guidance of the present editors. In particular the quarterly magazine London Grip New Poetry aspires to a life beyond the internet both by offering itself in an optional print-friendly form and also by organising occasional poetry events at venues round London.

London Grip Poetry Review – Patricia McCarthy

London Grip Poetry Review – Patricia McCarthy

Nick Cooke examines an ambitious biographical poem-sequence by Patricia McCarthy

My Pen – My Selfie Stick

My Pen – My Selfie Stick

Neil Curry fears that wit and breadth of imagination are becoming undervalued by contemporary poets

London Grip Poetry Review – Richie McCaffery

London Grip Poetry Review – Richie McCaffery

Stuart Henson enjoys Richie McCaffery’s conversational and sharp-witted poetry – and his knack of crafting a good punch-line.

London Grip Poetry Review – Mark Mansfield

London Grip Poetry Review – Mark Mansfield

Angela Topping admires Mark Mansfield’s carefully controlled and crafted poems for their plain speaking

La Malady of Love, Katie Mitchell, Barbican Theatre. Review by Julia Pascal.

La Malady of Love, Katie Mitchell, Barbican Theatre. Review by Julia Pascal.

This piece of theatre is inspired by La Maladie de la Mort, Marguerite Duras’ 1982 novella. The original text explored a homosexual’s purchase of a woman in a vain search for love.

Peer Gynt, Henrik Ibsen, Arcola Theatre. Review by Barbara Lewis.

Peer Gynt, Henrik Ibsen, Arcola Theatre. Review by Barbara Lewis.

Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt defied theatre’s limitations with a vast cast, sprawling action and special effects.

In Transit : Poems of Travel

In Transit : Poems of Travel

Merryn Williams loves anthologies and finds this collection of travel poems to be a good and inspiring example

London Grip Poetry Review – Jessica Mookherjee

London Grip Poetry Review – Jessica Mookherjee

Jessica Mookherjee’s collection Flood contains poems so fiercely inventive that “Riptide” might even be a fitting title observes Brian Docherty

London Grip Poetry Review – James Roderick Burns

London Grip Poetry Review – James Roderick Burns

Thomas Ovans takes a close look at a collection of haiku by James Roderick Burns

London Grip Poetry Review – Josephine Corcoran

London Grip Poetry Review – Josephine Corcoran

Josephine Corcoran’s poetry succeeds in addressing both actual and imagined experience, observes Emma Lee

London Grip Poetry Review – Three Poets from Finland

London Grip Poetry Review – Three Poets from Finland

Roger Caldwell is intrigued – but sometimes perplexed – by the work of three Finnish poets writing in English

The End of Eddy, Unicorn Theatre. Review by Barbara Lewis.

The End of Eddy, Unicorn Theatre. Review by Barbara Lewis.

Under Stewart Laing’s inspired direction, four permanently-glowing screens help to convey the bigoted characters of a charmless northern French village, where violence, shame, pride, racism and homophobia form the fabric of society.

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