Poetry review – AGAINST THE STREAM: Andrew Keanie considers a comprehensive selection of Gary Allen’s poetry and sets it in the context of Northern Ireland’s troubled history
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Maison Bonaparte. Review by Barbara Lewis. Napoléon Bonaparte was born into a noble family in Ajaccio on August 15, 1769, and left around nine years later for France, where he took up a scholarship at the Brienne military academy.The house where he was born is now a museum remarkable for its less than total enthusiasm for Corsica’s most famous son.
Poetry review – CONSTRUCTING A WITCH: Nick Cooke is impressed by Helen Ivory’s energetic and zealously defiant poems
Medieval Women. Review by Barbara Lewis. Between 1100 and 1600, Europe had 20 reigning queens. It produced numerous women who turned to religion to escape female servitude and gain influence and others who offered practical common sense to relieve the often fatal trauma of childbirth.
Poetry review – FROM THE EAST: Peter Ualrig Kennedy is impressed by the clever cadences of John Greening’s poetry in this volume
Poetry review – APPEAR TO DANCE: Charles Rammelkamp finds Linda Kleinbub’s poetic diary to be a powerful reminder of life amid the COVID pandemic
Georgian art. Review by Barbara Lewis. Georgia is a country of less than 4 million inhabitants with a language its guides will tell you is unique. They might also mention that the word for hello “gamarjoba” comes from the word for victory.
Poetry review – ONCE THERE WAS COLOUR: Pat Edwards is moved by Sue Wallace-Shaddad’s eye-witness poems about the crisis in Sudan
Poetry review – IMMORTAL WRECKAGE: Colin Pink is impressed by the many resonances and references behind the poems in Will Stone’s collection
Poetry review – LEGION OF LOST LETTERS: Antoinette Moses admires Debasish Lahiri’s poems of isolation and exile
Poetry review – SUBLIMITY: as a son of Norfolk, Mat Riches responds positively to Mary Gilonne’s poetic appreciation of the county
Books of Hours, Books of Hope. Review by Barbara Lewis. If, like me, you need a reminder of the definition, a book of hours is a devotional manual designed for personal prayer.
By Barbara Lewis • books, exhibitions, history, religion, year 2025 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, books, exhibitions, religion