London Grip Poetry Review – Page
Peter Ulric Kennedy examines Jeremy Page’s poetic O Level responses
year 2016
London Grip Poetry Review – Costello
Nick Cooke explores the background to the cinema-related poems in Anthony Costello’s new collection
London Grip Poetry Review – Hall
For Graham Hardie, the poems of June Hall engage authentically with human experience
The Zoo: the wild and wonderful tale of the founding of London Zoo by Isobel Charman. A review by Jane McChrystal
When a book appeared in October promising the “wild and wonderful tale of the founding of London Zoo” I picked it up in search of insight into what drove the founding fathers of the London Zoological Society and whether it has any relevance to the function of zoos today.
Enjoyment
“Enjoyment” is a word that well describes Thomas Ovans’ reaction to Alan Brownjohn’s dystopian comedy set in the near future.
London Grip New Poetry – Winter 2016-7
* 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 […]
London Grip Poetry Review – Burns
Merryn Williams praises a new – but, sadly, posthumous – collection from Elizabeth Burns
London Grip Poetry Review – McLaughlin
Roderick Burns is mightily impressed by Jane McLaughlin’s first collection
London Grip Poetry Review – Bermudez
Emma Lee observes how the poetry of Isabel Bermudez deals with subtle connections
London Grip Poetry Review – Aitchison
Richie McCaffery admires the honesty and masterly simplicity of poems by James Aitchison.
Ornith-ology
John Forth praises a poetry anthology which rises to the challenge of saying something original about birds
The Gun
Bernard Green offers another of his distinctive reminiscences about his early life in post-war Surrey. .