Paul McLoughlin was a frequent contributor to London Grip both as a poet and as a perceptive reviewer and his recent death is a sad loss to his family and his many friends. Here John Lucas recalls Paul’s rather unorthodox route into poetry .
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WE COME FROM THE SUN: Sue Wallace-Shaddad leads us through an innovative album of poetry, music and sound compiled by Cerys Matthews
* The Spring 2021 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: * Stuart Henson * Stella Wulf: * Josh Ekroy * Fiona Sinclair * R M Aguilar * Neil Fulwood * David Flynn * Colin Pink * Kurt Luchs * Christopher Soden * Rabia Shaheen * Robert Cole * Mark Totterdell * Jan Hutchison * […]
VAPOUR TRAILS: Roger Caldwell “reviews the reviewer” and discusses a collection of John Greening‘s writings on poets and poetry
* The Winter 2020 issue of LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features: * Kathryn de Leon * Steve Black * Chris Hardy * Stuart Handysides * Briege Duffaud * Frederick Pollack * Ian Heffernan * Brian Docherty * R G Jodah * Maggie Freeman * Elizabeth Smither * Jan-An Saab * Julia Duke * Jeni Curtis […]
If you can embrace it, lockdown’s shift from the real to the virtual is a liberation that makes anything possible.
THE FIRE OF JOY: Edmund Prestwich looks at a very personal poetry compilation by Clive James
* The Autumn 2020 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Zoe Brooks *Colin Pink *Tony Beyer *Leona Gom *Daniel Bennett *James Roderick Burns *Jack Houston *Tom Phillips *Moya Pacey *Mary Franklin *Curtis Brown *Peter Kenny *Angela Kirby *Kathleen McPhilemy *Ruth Valentine *Marie Dullaghan *Molly Burnell *Tanner *Jane McLaughlin *Jennifer Johnson *Mary Robinson *Marion McCready […]
* The Summer 2020 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: * Margaret Hollingsworth * William Bedford * Carl Griffin * Tim Youngs * Belinda Rimmer * Raymond Miller * Richie McCaffery * Hannah Hodgson * Bruce Christianson * James Fountain * Stuart Handysides * Stuart Pickford * Barry Smith * Jane Simpson * Tim […]
* The Spring 2020 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: * Tanner * Glenn Hubbard * Jock Stein * Tim Cunningham * Joe Balaz * Ben Banyard * Teoti Jardine * Brian Docherty * Frederick Pollack * Jack Collard * Chris Johnson * Phil Connolly * Jim C Wilson * Carla Scarano * Andrew […]
The Life and Times of Fishgate Billyboy: Richie McCaffery welcomes this pseudonymous fictionalised autobiography with its poetic interjections
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PAUL McLOUGHLIN 1947-2021:Â John Lucas recalls his friendship with the late Paul McLoughlin and reprises some of the poetry and music they shared