* The Summer 2022 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Charlotte Gann *Sally Festing *Pam Job *Mary Mulholland *Neil Leadbeater *Stephen Claughton *Brian Docherty *Mary Franklin *John Grey *Jane Simpson *Bob Cooper *Phil Connolly *Paul Stephenson *Elizabeth Smither *Gareth Writer-Davies *Stuart Henson *Rosemary Norman *Alison Campbell *Rod Whitworth *Stuart Handysides *Joan Michelson *Arthur Russell […]
year 2022
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • added recently on London Grip, books, poetry reviews, year 2022 • Tags: books, poetry, Rosie Johnston • 0 Comments
Poetry review – DEAR LIFE: Rosie Johnston peruses a prize-winning pamphlet by Maya C Popa
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, history, poetry reviews, year 2022 • Tags: books, history, poetry, Tim Cunningham • 0 Comments
Poetry review – ARIAS OF CONSOLATION: Tim Cunningham is captivated by John Liddy’s hymn to Limerick and its history
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2022 • Tags: books, D A Prince, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – KITCHENS AT NIGHT: D A Prince admires the mysterious energy running through Dean Browne’s poems
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, fiction, year 2022 • Tags: books, fiction, James Roderick Burns • 0 Comments
NO ONE HAS ANY INTENTION OF BUILDING A WALL: James Roderick Burns finds considerable power in a slim volume of short stories by Ruth Brandt
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, photography, poetry reviews, year 2022 • Tags: books, photography, poetry, Sue Wallace-Shaddad • 1 Comment
OFFCUMDENS: Sue Wallace-Shaddad reviews a poem & photograph collaboration by Bob Hamilton & Emma Storr
by Barbara Lewis • comedy, plays, theatre, year 2022 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, comedy, plays, theatre •
As You Like It. Review by Barbara Lewis. Shakespeare famously was for all time, and yet this version of As You Like It feels uniquely relevant to our age.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2022 • Tags: books, poetry, Robert Cooperman • 0 Comments
Poetry review – THE FIELD OF HAPPINESS: Robert Cooperman is pretty happy with Charles Rammelkamp’s new collection
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2022 • Tags: books, Nell Prince, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – THE SLEEP ROAD : Nell Prince enjoys the first full collection by Stewart Sanderson
by Carla Scarano • art, exhibitions, fashion, photography, textiles, year 2022 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, exhibitions, fashion, photography, textiles •
Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear. V&A. Review by Carla Scarano. A fluidity that looks for alternative concepts of masculinity that trespasses traditional roles and expresses the possibilities of the individual is the main focus of the V&A exhibition.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2022 • Tags: books, Carla Scarano, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – A TRIPTYCH OF BIRDS & A FEW LOOSE FEATHERS: Carla Scarano reviews a debut collection by Pratibha Castle
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • added recently on London Grip, books, poetry reviews, religion, year 2022 • Tags: books, P W Bridgman, poetry, religion • 0 Comments
Poetry review – REQUIEM: P.W. Bridgman takes an in-depth look at SĂofra McSherry’s long poem which faces loss and death