Maigret: the complete series. Review by Alan Price. The avuncular detective holds his place high with such other greats like Sherlock Holmes or Philip Marlowe. Network should be highly praised for restoring Maigret. A TV classic returns.
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Nil by Mouth. Review by Alan Price. Nil by Mouth makes up for so many old British films that patronised working class characters. It might be dark, raw and depressing but not without humour.
Poetry review – NOTES ON THE WASTE LAND: Edmund Prestwich considers the relationship between Tim Dooley’s new sequence and the Eliot poem which inspired it
* The Winter 2022 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Paul Richards *David Flynn *Ceinwen Haydon *Teoti Jardine *Jan Hutchison *Agata Palmer *Phil Wood *Pratibha Castle *Ken Pobo *Oleg Semonov * Tim Cunningham *Stephen Barile *Candice Kelsey *Jim C Wilson * Mike Farren *Stuart Pickford *Glenn Hubbard *Bruce Morton *Jackson *Madhab Chandra Jena *Mark […]
Poetry review – SING ME DOWN FROM THE DARK: Sue Wallace-Shaddad reviews Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana’s poetic exploration of cross-cultural relationships
Poetry review – TITS ON THE MOON: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a selection of diverting poems by Dessa
Poetry review – UNBOTTLED: Emma Storr explores the mysteries outlined in the poems in Olivia Dawson’s pamphlet
Poetry review – AMUSING THE ANGELS: Charles Rammelkamp admires Stewart Florsheim’s skill at holding opposites in tension
THE WASTE LAND: A BIOGRAPHY OF A POEM: Edmund Prestwich admires the depth and scope of Matthew Hollis’s study of T S Eliot’s most famous work
Love Goddess. Review by Barbara Lewis. Rita Hayworth was considered one of the most beautiful women of her day, was Fred Astaire’s favourite dance partner, and was married five times, including to Orson Welles, the man she is believed to have truly loved. She also suffered from Alzheimer’s for two decades before being diagnosed.
Poetry review – BEAUTIFUL MONSTERS: Thomas Ovans examines Stuart Henson’s carefully curated cabinet of curiosities
Poetry review – A NIGHTMARE ON HORSEBACK: Charles Rammelkamp admits to a fondness for the flawed protagonist in these poem-stories by Robert Cooperman
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