Stephen Claughton admires the tenth and final collection from Alistair Elliot, a poet who remained productive and inventive throughout his career
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Alex Josephy finds that David Stone’s poetry requires – but repays – some effort on the reader’s part
As a half French, half American individual, I give in to a pastime common to double nationals, which consists of regularly comparing both countries of origin.
Sometimes free exhibitions are as interesting as ones you pay for. This is the case of three free exhibitions displayed in three different rooms at the Ashmolean museum in Oxford.
Julie Hogg is impressed by the unorthodox but skilfully crafted poetry of Lisa Kelly
The Cherry Orchard lays bare, in elegiac tones, the passing of the old, entrenched aristocratic order and the emergence of the new at the expense of the old.
Maxine Linnell feels a personal engagement with Sue Dymoke’s poetry
Alwyn Marriage finds both frankness and joy in poems from Ann Gray’s prize-winning pamphlet
Neil Fulwood considers Edward Mackinnon’s forceful poetic dissection of 75 years of war
John Forth appreciates the sense of knowledge and information worn lightly that runs through the poetry of Tony Roberts
Rosie Johnston finds Nancy Mattson’s poetry moves with seemingly effortless elegance while carrying a huge variety of subjects and voices
It is rare to see productions of Brecht in London today. It is even rarer to see them performed in Russian.This jewel from Moscow came only briefly to London but it showed audiences that there is an antidote to endless naturalism.
By Julia Pascal • plays, theatre, year 2019 0 • Tags: Julia Pascal, plays, theatre