On Sunday 28th October film maker, Dorothy Leiper, launched her documentary The Living Thames at Rich Mix in Shoreditch.
year 2018
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2018 • Tags: books, poetry, Thomas Ovans • 0 Comments
Thomas Ovans enjoys Nigel Pantling’s chapbook which makes army life an unexpected source of poetry
by Barbara Lewis • books, exhibitions, history, year 2018 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, books, exhibitions, history •
Domesday Book, William the Conqueror’s 1085 survey of his recently-won kingdom, merits an exhibition in its own right.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2018 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry • 1 Comment
Hugo Williams skilfully uses poetry to convey the experience of recovery from prolonged illness
by Barbara Lewis • comedy, musicals, theatre, year 2018 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, comedy, musicals, theatre •
Any story-line involving a single woman is inherently more dramatic than a narrative of a single man because of biology’s cruel deadlines.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2018 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry • 0 Comments
Jennifer Johnson gives an object lesson in making poetry out of difficult and painful situations
by Barbara Lewis • exhibitions, fashion, history, photography, year 2018 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, exhibitions, fashion, history, photography •
In 1933, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. In the world of fashion, shoulders broadened and the iconic 1930s shape became established.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, year 2018 • Tags: books, poetry, Thomas Ovans • 0 Comments
Thomas Ovans browses a short-story collection by John Lucas
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2018 • Tags: books, Carla Scarano, poetry • 0 Comments
Carla Scarano admires the way that Patrick Osada’s poems play with light and shadow
by Barbara Lewis • art, drawing, exhibitions, painting, year 2018 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, drawing, exhibitions, painting •
Andrea Mantegna was a self-made man from Padua. In 1453, he married into the greatest artistic family of nearby Venice and became the brother-in-law of Giovanni Bellini.
by Carla Scarano • art, drawing, exhibitions, painting, sculpture, year 2018 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, drawing, exhibitions, painting, sculpture •
The beautiful park and the edifices of Villa Torlonia in via Nomentana in Rome is an unmissable place in the tour of the capital.
by Carla Scarano • art, exhibitions, installations, painting, year 2018 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, exhibitions, installations, painting •
A daring exhibition of Yayoi Kusama’s work at Victoria Miro Art Gallery.