Merryn Williams loves anthologies and finds this collection of travel poems to be a good and inspiring example
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There’s no other way to say it – we were in a different world – one with a clock tower and two oast houses, paved with cobble stones.
Pamela Johnson explores a small book in which the poems of Helen Mort respond to massive Arctic landscapes
Rambouillet – known for its graceful chateau that is the summer seat of French presidents and the setting for international summits – also has appeal for those seeking a gentler life on the sidelines – or even in the sidings.
It was the second Sunday in January and people were emerging from the cocoon of the long holiday to take a walk along the Thames Path. The grey skies and a chill in the damp air seemed to signal the right conditions for me to head north from the Isle of Dogs and explore Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.
Stroll through the streets of Turin or look out from the city’s rattling trams and you’re confronted with wall after wall of windows framed by whatever architectural embellishments were fashionable at the time of construction, from the standard shutters of residential apartment blocks to ornate neo-classical gods and gargoyles on civic buildings.
Peter Ualrig Kennedy travels the world in the company of Margaret Eddershaw’s recent collection
Londongrip’s readers are invited to take a cruise on the Thames Estuary on Sunday, 27th August. The cruise offers an unusual opportunity to get a closer look at some of the Estuary’s less accessible attractions: the Red Sands Forts, built to protect London during the Second World War; the sunken cargo ship, SS Richard Montgomery and the Thames Sailing barges racing in their annual match.
. Kate Saffin & Heather Wastie commemorate the lives of women recruited to work on Britain’s canals during World War 2
John Lucas finds multiple reasons to recommend this memoir by Gail Holst-Warhaft which is studded through with her own accomplished poetry and also gives a shrewdly observant account of post-war Greek history
If you’re a Londoner with time on your hands, take a trip to Rotherhithe and spend an afternoon immersed in centuries of history.
Stephen Claughton is transported by Wendy Holborow’s atmospheric poems from India and Africa
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, travel, year 2019 • Tags: books, poetry, Stephen Claughton, travel