Thomas Ovans explores the complexities of Bethany Pope’s intense & tightly-wrought poetry
Year 2014
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • poetry, Year 2014 • 2 Comments
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: *Mukul Dahal *Frances Smith *Jan Hutchison *Murray Bodo *Geoffrey Heptonstall *Anthony Wilson *Maggie Butt *Ian C Smith *Hugh Underhill *Emma Neale *Michael Lee Johnson *Shadwell Smith *Phil Wood *John Forth *Neil Curry *Malcolm Carson *Angela Kirby *June Hall *Emma Lee *Jo Roach *Laura McKee *Michael […]
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, Year 2014 •
Paul McLoughlin admires the substance as well as the style of Adrian Caesar’s poetry
by Barbara Lewis • design, exhibitions, history, sculpture, travel, Year 2014 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, history, society •
What exactly is the essence of Belgium?  Far harder to pin down than French chic or English sang-froid, the nation’s uneasy mix of Walloon and Flemish, surreal and down-to-earth, all miraculously held together, is perfectly encapsulated by the Atomium – a giant, futuristic structure on the northern edge of Brussels.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, Year 2014 • 0 Comments
Anna Robinson’s  half-fantasy, half-dream poem sequence strikes a chord with Richie McCaffery
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, Year 2014 •
Thomas Ovans finds that Josh Ekroy’s military-related poems usually hit their target
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • poetry, Year 2014 •
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: *Wendy French *Peter Kennedy *Teoti Jardine *Rob Yates *Jan Hutchison *Mohammed Kamran *Antony Johae *Nancy Mattson *Ian C Smith *Mary Franklin *Colin Bancroft *David Flynn *Christopher Mulrooney *F M Brown *Sarah Doyle *Allen Ashley *Robert Nisbet *Michael Thomas *Kerrin P Sharpe
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, Year 2014 •
First & second opinions: John Harvey’s latest poetry collection is reviewed by Rosie Johnston AND by Norbert Hirschhorn
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, Year 2014 •
Rosie Johnston is carried along by the energy and generosity of Stephen Watts’ poetry
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • art, books, poetry reviews, Year 2014 •
Norbert Hirschhorn takes a long cool look at a new poetry & art volume from AustraliaÂ
by Barbara Lewis • music, opera, theatre, Year 2014 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, opera, theatre •
Romeo Castellucci at Brussels’ La Monnaie (De Munt in Dutch) opera house takes a real-life sufferer of locked-in syndrome and turns her into the protagonist of Ophee et Eurydice (adapted by Hector Berlioz from Gluck).
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, Year 2014 • 0 Comments
Emma Lee appreciates the reflective quality of a farewell collection by Joanna Boulter