Alex Josephy finds that Pat Farrington’s poems take a realistic rather than an overly romantic look at nature
year 2017
Emma Lee praises Jason Lee’s collection as an excellent example of Eyewear’s distinctive house style
Poems in this collection by Owen Lewis make a lasting impression on Wendy French
Wendy French is happy to follow where Siobhan Campbell’s poetry leads the way
Shining Like Clara Bow: Brian Docherty celebrates an overdue first collection from performance poet Alice Denny
Merryn Williams considers books by two poets with vivid imaginations which they use in different ways: Andrew Wynn Owen veers towards mythology while Rennie Parker finds anarchy closer to everyday life.
Richie McCaffery is pleased to have a chance to get better acquainted with D M Black’s poetry
Perspectives on Poetry: John Lucas examines three recent studies exploring the craft and ideas of three eminent poets .
Richie McCaffery takes a particular and personal interest in a new collection from Dutch poet Arnold Jansen op de Haar
Now best-known for writing the novel A Clockwork Orange, which Stanley Kubrick turned into the ultra-violent film of 1971, Anthony Burgess died on 22nd November 1993.
James Roderick Burns raises some questions of balance in relation to Susan Utting’s recent ‘New & Selected’
Richard III manages to be at once resounding royal propaganda and an unsettling reminder of the fragility of the status quo given Elizabeth I’s lack of an heir: the Tudors had rescued the kingdom from the murderous House of York, but they hadn’t secured the future for long.
By Barbara Lewis • plays, theatre, year 2017 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, plays, theatre