The Mahabharata. Review by Alan Price. The Mahabharata is one of the longest poems known. It’s about 1.8 million words in total. So any adaptation into a play or film will be lengthy. From the Jean Claude Carriere and Peter Brook stage play version of The Mahabharata (running time nine hours) there emerged a three hour feature film and now a five and a half version that’s been lovingly restored by Simon Brook.
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A DISLOCATION OF MIND: Alwyn Marriage examines David Banning’s self-declared “attempts to engage with the many contradictions swirling around in the mind of RS Thomas”
* LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY #60 – SUMMER 2026 features poems by: *Diana Cant *Kim Waters *Prue King *John Whitehouse *Michael Mintrom *Stuart Pickford *Kathleen McPhilemy *Siobhan Ward * Elisabeth Sennitt Clough *David I Hughes *Sue Spiers *Tim Love *Andrew Barnes *Nasrin Parvaz *Paul Stephenson *Bruce Christianson *Joan Dance *Leo F Smyth *Fiona Clark *Barry […]
David Lightfoot (1941 – 2026) – teacher, poet, novelist & editor: some recollections by friend and colleague Rob Etty
A GUIDE TO GETTING YOUR POETRY PUBLISHED: Thomas Ovans reviews a comprehensive instruction manual for new poets by Robin Houghton and notes that it can also be a useful refresher course for old hands
Poetry review – TRANSITIONS: Norbert Hirschhorn responds to Marilyn Hacker’s new collection by reflecting on the sonnet form that she handles so very well
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE Charles Rammelkamp reviews a prose and poetry anthology edited by Dan Denton & Michele McDannold
PATERSON Alwyn Marriage considers a re-issue of the monumental and unfinished epic by William Carlos Williams
* LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY#59 – SPRING 2026 features poems by: *Stephen Chappell *Simon Ravenscroft *Hannah Linden *Bruce Christianson *Stuart Henson *Caroline Hannah *Noel King *Oliver Comins *Jill Husser *Rebecca Gethin *Emma Lee *Rachael Clyne *Alice Huntley *Kenneth Pobo *Julia Vaughan *J R Solonche *Rosemary Norman *Tess Jolly *Lawrence Bradby *Jackson *Sheenagh Pugh *Nick Cooke […]
THE LITERARY BUSINESS Paul McDonald enjoys Peter Finch’s lively and insightful account of more than half a century experiencing the vagaries of life as a writer and literary administrator
ENDLESS PRESENT: Kate Noakes reviews a generous selection of articles and reviews by Rory Waterman
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 […]
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