The Gun
Bernard Green offers another of his distinctive reminiscences about his early life in post-war Surrey. .
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Enjoyment
“Enjoyment” is a word that well describes Thomas Ovans’ reaction to Alan Brownjohn’s dystopian comedy set in the near future.
The Fire
Bernard Green has already given London Grip readers his memoir of Alf’s Café: here now is his “prequel” about dramatic incidents in Farnham in the 1940s…
Poems for Jeremy Corbyn
Thomas Ovans investigates a Shoestring anthology edited by Merryn Williams which has received an unusual amount of attention for a poetry book.
Alf’s Café
A memoir by Bernard Green tells the story of a transport café over sixty years before and after World War two.
London Grip Poetry Review – Rosen
Fiona Sinclair considers a heavyweight collection from Michael Rosen and decides that it does not pull any political punches.
London Grip Poetry Review – Cullup & Allen
John Lucas takes an in-depth look at books by Michael Cullup and Gary Allen who both make poetry out of tough experiences .
NewBliss by Keith Donald, Brussels. Review by Barbara Lewis.
Northern Ireland’s permanent representation in Brussels periodically brings to the capital of Europe a sample of Northern Irish culture in a spirit of cross-cultural exchange that risks being disrupted in the event of a Brexit.
How to Proceed
John Forth browses a surprisingly varied collection of essays by Andrew Sant
Over Land, Over Sea
Merryn Williams commends both the intention and the achievement of a poetry anthology in aid of refugee charities
The Awkward Squad
John Lucas’s tribute to English cricketers who have stood up to the game’s authorities proves to be something much more thoughtful than a simple round-up of the ‘usual suspects’
District Six Museum, Cape Town. By Barbara Lewis.
Le Corbusier has mostly gone down in history as a visionary Swiss urban planner. For the thousands forcibly evicted from District Six in Cape Town, he has a more sinister resonance as the proponent of “the surgical method” – as mentioned in the notorious apartheid-era Group Areas Act – of sweeping away what he saw as chaos and disorder.