Poetry review – EURYDICE IN THE RUINED HOUSE: Pat Edwards commends Anna Saunders’ use of Greek myth to illuminate contemporary situations
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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 – THE MAYDAY DIARIES: D A Prince admires Robin Houghton’s wide-ranging collection which succeeds in mixing the personal with the political
The Très Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry. Review by Barbara Lewis. The dazzling Gothic beauty of these miniatures and calendars foreshadowed the work of Jan van Eyck and other outstanding 15th-century Flemish painters.
Poetry review – HALFWAY TO BARKING: Jennifer Johnson enjoys a light-hearted and fanciful collection by Sarah Lawson
Poetry reviews – STILL LIFE and SUBCUTANEOUS: Emma Storr reviews prizewinning chapbooks by Rebecca Bilkau and Maria Isakova-Bennett
Poetry review – THE ELIMINATION GAME: Diana Cant admires Mary Mulholland’s frank and eloquent ways of dealing with issues of ageing
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