London Grip Poetry Review – Donald Gardner
Richie McCaffery finds the new pamphlet by Donald Gardner to have something of the weight of a full collection
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London Grip Poetry Review – Keith Bosley
Keith Bosley’s expertise with language gives breadth to his poems without losing touch with the ordinary reader, observes Carla Scarano
London Grip Poetry Review – Mimi Khalvati
Norbert Hirschhorn delights in the discipline underpinning Mimi Khalvati’s poetry
London Grip New Poetry Summer 2018
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Robert Etty *Mark Young *Rodney Wood *Peter Daniels *Jill Harris *Derek Adams * Marion McCready *Robert Nisbet *Emma Neale *Pamela Job * Tim Love *Susannah Hart * Ian C Smith *Gareth Culshaw * Dan Bennett * Anne Ballard * E Wen Wong *Phil Wood […]
London Grip Poetry Review – Phil Kirby
James Roderick Burns appreciates the way Phil Kirby handles darker aspects of life with honesty but without excluding hope
London Grip Poetry Review – John Fennelly
D A Prince admires John Fennelly’s attention to language and connections in this substantial new pamphlet
London Grip Poetry Review – Ruth Smith
Alex Josephy finds that Ruth Smith’s collection is one of those books which remind her why poetry is important
Iolanthe, Richmond Theatre, London. Review by Barbara Lewis.
When Iolanthe in 1882 became the fourth consecutive major success for Gilbert and Sullivan, Gladstone, a Conservative-turned-Liberal, was prime minister and women had no vote.
London Grip Poetry Review – Hirschhorn
Norbert Hirschhorn’s new collection draws deeply on his Jewish heritage and contains poems that are honest, compassionate and wise
Mercury Falling
John Lucas praises the craft and authenticity in a new novel by Robert Edric – and regrets that this accomplished writer doesn’t have the larger reputation he deserves
Truths & Reconciliation
Thomas Ovans reviews two new poetry anthologies from two small presses which tackle big themes.
A Third Colour
Merryn Williams shares a few thoughts about Alan Dunnett’s rather challenging poetry collection which seeks, among other things, to capture “the psychological fallout of anxiety in modern capitalist culture”