Poetry review – DISAPPEARANCES: Pam Thompson reviews a dark and magical first collection by Kathleen Bell
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by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, religion, year 2022 • Tags: Alwyn Marriage, books, poetry • 0 Comments
Alwyn Marriage enjoys the richness and complexity in the Collected Poems of Rowan Williams
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, religion, year 2022 • Tags: books, poetry, Stuart Henson • 0 Comments
Poetry review – NAMING OF THE BONES: Stuart Henson engages with the deeply spiritual poetry of John F Deane
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, history, poetry reviews, religion, year 2021 • Tags: books, Emma Storr, history, poetry, religion • 0 Comments
Poetry review – THE GIDDINGS: Emma Storr reflects on a compact but dense historical sequence by John Greening
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, religion, year 2021 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, religion • 0 Comments
THE FAREWELLING OF A HOME: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs considers Jane Simpson’s newly-composed Christian ritual for marking a major life-change
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, music, poetry reviews, religion, year 2021 • Tags: books, music, poetry, religion, Thomas Ovans • 0 Comments
Poetry review – RANSOM: Thomas Ovans particularly admires the Olivier Messiaen inspired central section of a new collection by Michael Symmons Roberts
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, religion, year 2021 • Tags: Alex Josephy, books, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – A NORTHUMBRIAN BOOK OF HOURS: Alex Josephy explores Neil Curry’s meditative prose-poems about St Cuthbert
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, religion, year 2020 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, religion • 0 Comments
Poetry review – A SENSE OF TIPTOE: A vivid and vigorous collection by Karen Hayes tackles some down to earth issues relating to faith
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, religion, year 2020 • Tags: books, P W Bridgman, poetry, religion • 0 Comments
Poetry review – EMPIRE OF EDEN: P.W. Bridgman takes an in-depth look at a collection by Tom Laichas which reimagines the Book of Genesis
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, fiction, politics, psychology, religion, year 2020 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, politics, psychology, religion • 0 Comments
Virgin & Child: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs is intrigued by a new novel by Maggie Hamand in which a theological conundrum leads to tension – and ultimately violence – within the Vatican
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, religion, year 2016 • Tags: authors, books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • 0 Comments
A spiritual autobiography by Murray Bodo turns out to be an unexpectedly down-to-earth story
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, religion, year 2022 • Tags: books, P W Bridgman, poetry, religion • 0 Comments
Poetry review – REQUIEM: P.W. Bridgman takes an in-depth look at SĂofra McSherry’s long poem which faces loss and death