Poetry review – DRESSING FOR THE AFTERLIFE: Neil Fulwood finds that Maria Taylor’s energetic collection covers a lot of ground
year 2020
by Barbara Lewis • performance, plays, theatre, year 2020 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, performance, plays, theatre •
Before lockdown, Bewley’s CafĂ© Theatre in the bustling heart of Dublin was the place to grab a short lunch-time play, a bowl of soup – and maybe even chat up a stranger. For now, those days are gone, but Bewley’s has joined forces with online events company The Lock Inn to open the tiny venue to a potentially limitless audience.
by Carla Scarano • art, drawing, exhibitions, painting, year 2020 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, drawing, exhibitions, painting •
A riveting exhibition at the National Gallery spanning Artemisia Gentileschi’s 45-year career displays her best artwork.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: authors, books, Charles Rammelkamp, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – THE BLUE HOTEL: Charles Rammelkamp considers some episodes in the lives of famous people as imagined in poems by Alan Catlin
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, literature, poetry, year 2020 • Tags: authors, books, Edmund Prestwich, literature, poetry • 1 Comment
THE FIRE OF JOY: Edmund Prestwich looks at a very personal poetry compilation by Clive James
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, Pat Edwards, poetry • 1 Comment
Poetry review – INHERENT: Pat Edwards finds an intriguing blend of moods in these poems by Lucia Orellana Damacela
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, Emma Storr, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – HERD QUEEN: Emma Storr praises the range of voices and moods in Di Slaney’s collection
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, Edmund Prestwich, poetry • 1 Comment
Poetry Review – GRIMOIRE: Edmund Prestwich admires Robin Roberson’s invocation of dark powers in his new collection
by Barbara Lewis • performance, plays, theatre, year 2020 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, performance, plays, theatre •
The Dirty 30 II: Electric pay-per-view. Review by Barbara Lewis. Instead of loud applause and cheers, “you were spectacularly fabulous,” pops up on the side of the screen from an online viewer, as the imaginary curtain goes down on the Degenerate Fox theatre’s online adaptation to the times we’re in.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: Angela Topping, books, poetry • 0 Comments
Angela Topping browses a new selection of Gothic Verse edited by Nisha Bhakoo
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, poetry, Stuart Henson • 0 Comments
Poetry review – A COMMONPLACE: Stuart Henson reviews an intriguingly different mix of collection & anthology by Jonathan Davidson
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – HOW THE HELL ARE YOU: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs appreciates the highly individual worldview revealed in Glyn Maxwell’s new collection