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 – Stuart Henson

London Grip Poetry Review – Stuart Henson

Merryn Williams discovers some fine new poems in Stuart Henson’s latest collection

The Good Soldier Schwejk: Review Part Two

The Good Soldier Schwejk: Review Part Two

Schwejk made his first outing in 1911 in a short story called Schwejk Stands Against Italy.  In the same year The Good Soldier Schwejk and Other Strange Stories appeared in pamphlet form.

In the Gemini Cafe

In the Gemini Cafe

Charlie Hill appreciates the ‘dry, intimate and unexpected’ writing to be found in Neil Campbell’s collection

London Grip Poetry Review – David Constantine

London Grip Poetry Review – David Constantine

Wendy French praises David Constantine’s new chapbook for its sharp visual images

London Grip Poetry Review – Jane Routh

London Grip Poetry Review – Jane Routh

Stuart Henson detects a note of anger in Jane Routh’s particular and personal responses to place and nature

The Good Soldier Schwejk. Review Part One by Jane McChrystal.

The Good Soldier Schwejk. Review Part One by Jane McChrystal.

The Good Soldier Schwejk is a satirical novel which exposes the futility and idiocy of war as it tracks the progress of the Candide-like Schwejk, across the disintegrating Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The Topiary of Passchendaele

The Topiary of Passchendaele

Merryn Williams gives a concise appreciation of a prizewinning chapbook by Christopher North which contains several prizewinning poems.

London Grip Poetry Review – John Godfrey

London Grip Poetry Review – John Godfrey

John Godfrey’s poems are often concerned with how things work: but the poems themselves work very well

London Grip New Poetry Winter 2018/9

London Grip New Poetry Winter 2018/9

* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Maggie Freeman *Mary Franklin *Marisa Cappetta *Helen Burke *James Norcliffe *Claire Crowther * Keith Nunes *Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon*Hatty Calbus *Tess Jolly * Stuart Handysides *Abegail Morley * Carla Scarano *Stuart Pickford * Brian Docherty * Bethany W Pope * Arthur Russell *Nicholas Lyon […]

London Grip Poetry Review – Roy McFarlane

London Grip Poetry Review – Roy McFarlane

Emma Lee describes Roy McFarlane’s new collection as an important book from a compassionate poet.

London Grip Poetry Review – Konstandinos Mahoney

London Grip Poetry Review – Konstandinos Mahoney

Wendy French admires Dino Mahoney’s poems for their empathy and breadth of understanding

London Grip Poetry Review – Tom Weir

London Grip Poetry Review – Tom Weir

Carla Scarano appreciates Tom Weir’s treatment of uncertainty in his new collection

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