Poetry review – SINGING LESSONS: James Roderick Burns finds that Matthew Barton’s New & Selected contains an impressive and comprehensive account of his poetic career
Poetry review – TALKING TO SKELETONS: Steve Komarnyckyj discovers great variety in a new collection by David Dumouriez
Poetry review – WALKING AWAY: Jean Atkin is touched by Martyn Crucefix’s gentle remembering of his ageing parents
Poetry review – A LEXICON OF LONGING: Jennifer Johnson appreciates the example set by Kevin Saving’s accomplished use of formal techniques
Condensation and Cannonballs. Review by Barbara Lewis. Eli, the best friend of Tom, we’re told is from “a nice family” – and Noah McCreadie’s account of the pair’s childhood friendship dares to be genuine, simple and nice in the best sense. It is gentle, thoughtful, realistic and quietly devastating.
Poetry review – ON LOAN: Merryn Williams reviews Caroline Maldonado’s new collection of poems about life in Italy which often shine unaccustomed light on the darker aspects
Wild Horse Nine. Review by Graham Buchan. With a track record which includes In Bruges and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh is rightly considered one of the most imaginative and compelling writer-directors working in contemporary cinema. He has an unerring knack of examining the darker aspects of human nature whilst retaining a distinctly comedic approach.
Poetry review – A PREVALENCE OF ANGELS: Charles Rammelkamp finds an unusually strong sense of awe and reverence in Jennifer Barber’s poems
Poetry review – THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE: Colin Pink enjoys some vivid personal memories retold as poems by Jeremy Dixon
THE PALACE OF WISDOM: Maria C McCarthy is intrigued by John O’Donoghue’s historical novel, which draws on a fictional connection between the poets Robert Lowell and John Clare
Ode to the Boy-Rabbit: Ifésinàchi Nwàdiké reviews Wayne Holloway-Smith’s RABBITBOX
Maison Guiette – Le Corbusier. Review by Barbara Lewis. Ten years ago, UNESCO added the Maison Guiette in Antwerp to its World Heritage List. The house, 100 years old this year, was Le Corbusier’s first international commission and is the only surviving building designed by him in Belgium.
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