London Grip Poetry Review – Ray Pool
Carla Scarano reviews a lively new collection by Ray Pool
year 2018
London Grip Poetry Review – Sarah Fletcher
Graham Hardie considers his response to some frank and personal content in Sarah Fletcher’s poems
London Grip Poetry Reviews – Gail Holst-Warhaft & John Woods
John Lucas reviews two unusual recent collections by Gail Holst-Warhaft and John Woods
London Grip Poetry Review – Stefan Kielbasiewicz
Graham Hardie enjoys the poetic explorations of identity in a new pamphlet by Stefan Kielbasiewicz
London Grip Poetry Review – Suzannah Evans
A first collection by Suzannah Evans deals with future technologies but Mat Riches is pleased to see that it is also equally concerned with human themes
London Grip Poetry Review – Stuart Henson
Merryn Williams discovers some fine new poems in Stuart Henson’s latest collection
In the Gemini Cafe
Charlie Hill appreciates the ‘dry, intimate and unexpected’ writing to be found in Neil Campbell’s collection
London Grip Poetry Review – David Constantine
Wendy French praises David Constantine’s new chapbook for its sharp visual images
London Grip Poetry Review – Jane Routh
Stuart Henson detects a note of anger in Jane Routh’s particular and personal responses to place and nature
The Good Soldier Schwejk. Review Part One by Jane McChrystal.
The Good Soldier Schwejk is a satirical novel which exposes the futility and idiocy of war as it tracks the progress of the Candide-like Schwejk, across the disintegrating Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The Topiary of Passchendaele
Merryn Williams gives a concise appreciation of a prizewinning chapbook by Christopher North which contains several prizewinning poems.
Plastic: A never-ending story. Review by Barbara Lewis.
One million plastic bottles are bought every minute and most of them are not recycled. It’s a stark reality Claire Davenport and Grioghair McCord were moved to explore after a trip to a Shetland beach littered with plastic bottles.