Bernard Green offers another of his distinctive reminiscences about his early life in post-war Surrey. .
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by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, Peter Ulric Kennedy, poetry • 0 Comments
Peter Ulric Kennedy examines Jeremy Page’s poetic O Level responses
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, film, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, film, Nick Cooke, poetry • 0 Comments
Nick Cooke explores the background to the cinema-related poems in Anthony Costello’s new collection
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, Graham Hardie, poetry • 0 Comments
For Graham Hardie, the poems of June Hall engage authentically with human experience
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, society, year 2016 • Tags: books, society, Thomas Ovans • 0 Comments
“Enjoyment” is a word that well describes Thomas Ovans’ reaction to Alan Brownjohn’s dystopian comedy set in the near future.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • poetry, year 2016 • Tags: poetry; Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • 0 Comments
* This issue of London Grip New Poetry features poems by: * J S Watts * Emer Lyons * Pam Job * Kerrin P Sharpe * Joan Michelson * Hugh McMillan * Barry Smith * Nick Cooke * Melanie Penycate * Rodney Wood * Ricky Garni * Neil Curry * Ruth Hanover * Donald Atkinson […]
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: authors, books, Merryn Williams, poetry •
Merryn Williams praises a new – but, sadly, posthumous – collection from Elizabeth Burns
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, poetry, Roderick Burns • 0 Comments
Roderick Burns is mightily impressed by Jane McLaughlin’s first collection
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, Emma Lee, poetry • 0 Comments
Emma Lee observes how the poetry of Isabel Bermudez deals with subtle connections
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, poetry, Richie McCaffery • 0 Comments
Richie McCaffery admires the honesty and masterly simplicity of poems by James Aitchison.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, John Forth, poetry • 0 Comments
John Forth praises a poetry anthology which rises to the challenge of saying something original about birds
by Barbara Lewis • economics, performance, society, theatre, year 2016 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, economics, performance, theatre •
What do you do when life gives you lemons? Make lemonade is the wrong answer, says Elf Lyons, who is the product – and that’s not too economic a term – of father Gerard Lyons, former economic advisor to Boris Johnson, artist mother Annette Lyons and the Philippe Gaulier clown school on the outskirts of Paris.