In 1962 The Westinghouse Corporation made a documentary film exploring the state of the nation as Britain continued to register the aftershocks of war, adjusted to the loss of empire and witnessed the erosion of its status as a world-class industrial nation.
year 2019
Adele Ward praises Robert Peake’s highly personal collection for both skill and emotional authenticity
The vitality of breath and its life power expressed in Jeff Koons’ sculptures and paintings mesmerise the viewer at the Ashmolean exhibition.
Adele Ward admires the skill with which Kate Davis’s complex debut collection has been put together
Neil Fulwood recognises David Cooke’s poetic virtues of straight talk and lucidity
Carla Scarano reviews a serious and uncompromising new collection from Steve Rudd
Maria C. McCarthy commends Alex Josephy’s illustrated selection of poems about Tuscany
Stuart Henson reflects on the serendipity that led to the creation of a high-quality artist’s book from Redfox Press which combines photographic images with poems by John Greening
Emma Lee finds that Merryn Williams’ poetic skills are well displayed in this collection of new and selected poems
Stephen Claughton is transported by Wendy Holborow’s atmospheric poems from India and Africa
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, travel, year 2019 0 • Tags: books, poetry, Stephen Claughton, travel