Poetry review – SICILIAN ELEPHANTS: Carla Scarano reviews a collection in reminiscent and reflective mood from David Cooke
year 2021
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, music, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Emma Lee, music, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – SIEGE AND SYMPHONY : Emma Lee reviews an eclectic collection from Myra Schneider
by Graham Buchan • dance, film, music, musicals, year 2021 • Tags: dance, film, Graham Buchan, music, musicals •
West Side Story, directed by Steven Spielberg In the new West Side Story Leonard Bernsteinās magnificent music and Stephen Sondheimās incisive and witty lyrics have all been preserved and bring as much pleasure as before.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, medicine, poetry reviews, society, year 2021 • Tags: books, Carole Bromley, medicine, poetry, society • 0 Comments
Poetry review ā BY DEGREES: Carole Bromley is confident that David Taitās pandemic poems will stand the test of time
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Pat Edwards, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – MUCH WITH BODY: Pat Edwards is surprised and moved by this collection from Polly Atkin
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Charles Rammelkamp, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – THE DENSITY OF COMPACT BONE : Charles Rammelkamp accompanies Magdalena Ball on a poetic exploration of the nature of time
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • poetry, year 2021 • Tags: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry • 0 Comments
* The Winter 2021 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Robert Cole *Ceinwen Haydon * Myra Schneider *Steve Komarnyckyj *Chrissy Banks *Merryn Williams *Norton Hodges *Martin Bennett *Julia Stothard *Rodney Wood * Tony Dawson *Tristan Moss *Rachel Carney *Ramona Herdman *J R Solonche *Teoti Jardine *David Flynn *Briege Duffaud *John Grey *Zack Rogow *David […]
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Brian Docherty, poetry • 0 Comments
What The Thunder Said: Brian Docherty reviews Ruth Valentineās new collection IF YOU WANT THUNDER
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, medicine, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, medicine, poetry, Sue Wallace-Shaddad • 0 Comments
Poetry review – PANDORAāS PANDEMIC: Sue Wallace-Shaddad considers Alwyn Marriageās honest but hopeful poetic account of life in a time of covid-19
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Carla Scarano, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – ALL THE MEN I NEVER MARRIED: Carla Scarano reviews a collection of challenging and personal poems by Kim Moore
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Edmund Prestwich, poetry • 1 Comment
Poetry review ā BLOOM: Edmund Prestwich considers the subtle and sensitive poems of Sarah Westcott
by Alan Price • books, music, year 2021 • Tags: Alan Price, books, music •
Jean Sibelius Life, Music, Silence by Daniel M.Grimley (Reaktion Books). āThe evening atmosphere wonderful. As always when silence speaks: a secret pull of eternal silence and ā lifeās song.ā Jean Sibelius, diary entry August 1910