Poetry review – PORTRAIT OF MY FATHER AS A SNAIL:Katrina Moinet looks at a tender and searching examination by Kelly Davis of her father’s life
Giulio Cesare in Egitto. Review by Barbara Lewis. Baroque opera is about repeating things again and again, which means time stands still, bass-baritone, stage director/lighting designer – and master of ceremonies – Marcio da Silva tells the audience.
LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY #61 – AUTUMN 2026 features poems by: *Jennifer Rogers *David Keyworth *Tony Beyer *Pam Job *Grace Booze *Caroline Maldonado *Vivien Jones *Sayani De *Sue Johns *Pulkita Anand *Sylvia Cohen *Colin Pink *Eric D Goodman *Anna Bowles *Stuart Handysides *Anne Eyries *Jim C Wilson *Elizabeth Cook *Steve Komarnyckyj *Jackson *A C Clarke […]
Poetry review – SEANG (HUNGER): Belinda Cooke reviews a moving account by Anne Casey describing a people’s displacement and ill treatment
The Ritual. Review by Alan Price. The Ritual was the 1977 debut feature of Indian director Girish Kasaravalli. For many years it was very difficult to see in the West. Now thanks to the Film Heritage Foundation it’s been beautifully restored.
Poetry review – TREESONGS: Charles Rammelkamp is entranced by Amy Barone’s sensitive and uplifting celebrations of nature
Poetry review – THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME: Pam Thompson considers Catherine Redford’s poems of bereavement in which Mary Shelley becomes a companion in grief
Poetry review – SIGNALS TO THE DISAPPEARING SHORE: Kate Ashton is moved and impressed by these poems in which Aidan Semmens confronts dark episodes in world history, both past and present
Poetry review – CROSSING THE HINGE : Nick Cooke praises Mandy Pannett for scrupulously avoiding dishonesty and self-deception in her poems about the challenges facing our world
Poetry review – DREAM LOGIC: Vanessa Napolitano is enthusiastic about a debut collection from Satya Bosman
British Landscapes. Review by Barbara Lewis. In the depths of World War Two, the British government funded a project called “Recording Britain” that commissioned artists to capture landscapes and buildings at risk of disappearing.
Poetry review – DODDER DAUGHTER: Belinda Cooke looks at poems of loss by Nessa O’Mahony which are enhanced by their surroundings, both domestic and natural
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