Poetry review – TREMBLING EARTH: Jennifer Johnson is moved by Finola Scott’s gentle poetry full of concern for our threatened environment
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Poetry review – THE OPPOSITE OF SWEDISH DEATH CLEANING: Mat Riches enjoys Alison Binney’s deft handling and close examination of familiar subjects
Poetry review – THE HUM HEARERS: Chris Konrad finds Shey Marque’s new collection to be a search for the irreducible essence at the centre of what we call life
Poetry review – THE ELIMINATION GAME: Diana Cant admires Mary Mulholland’s frank and eloquent ways of dealing with issues of ageing
Poetry review – EURYDICE IN THE RUINED HOUSE: Pat Edwards commends Anna Saunders’ use of Greek myth to illuminate contemporary situations
Poetry review – SECRET CODES: Jennifer Johnson enjoys and is intrigued by an element of mystery in Marian Eastwood’s poems
Poetry review – TRY TO FIND ME: Sue Wallace-Shaddad discovers that Tessa Foley’s poetry takes her to unfamiliar places
ENDLESS PRESENT: Kate Noakes reviews a generous selection of articles and reviews by Rory Waterman
Birdsong. Review by Barbara Lewis. Flanders, one of the most densely populated areas of Europe, is the birthplace of artist David Claerbout, whose reaction to an excess of human frenzy is a quest to redefine time.
HORACE – POET ON A VOLCANO: Kevin Saving considers Peter Stothard’s brief but lively biography of the Roman poet
Women in Love. Review by Alan Price. What D. H. Lawrence’s and Ken Russell’s Women in Love have in common is a focussed passion. Both artists produced works that are vibrantly alive.
Poetry review – CELL: Nick Cooke takes a serious look at the very serious themes addressed in a powerful new collection by Ruth O’Callaghan
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