Ingmar Bergman Vol 3. Review by Alan Price. And so, we’ve now reached the third BFI volume of Bergman films. Here we find four masterpieces, one near-masterpiece, one very good under-appreciated work, an interesting failure and (for me) a film that’s Bergman’s worst.
year 2022
Poetry review – LANYARD: Kate Noakes enjoys the wide range of recollections in Peter Sansom’s latest book
Poetry review – BLOOD SUGAR, SEX, MAGIC: Stephen Claughton is convinced by the authenticity of Sarah James’s poems gathered around the experience of living with diabetes
THE NOVEL AND OTHER INCIDENTS: Charlotte Harker’s collection of short stories is reviewed by Carla Scarano
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker & Pavel Kolesnikov/Rosas/the Goldberg Variations. Review by Julia Pascal. The effect of the long solo dance, and the symbiosis with Kolesnikov’s delicate performance, stimulates a multitude of responses: intellectual, philosophical, and aesthetic. Or perhaps the work needs no reading at all: it can be experienced just as pure pleasure.
Poetry review – SUMMER / BREAK: Colin Pink reviews a brave and insightful collection by Richie McCaffery
Crowning Glory: The Story of Tiaras. Review by Barbara Lewis. Tiaras have an honourable claim to star in Firle Place’s latest, multi-layered exhibition in the year Queen Elizabeth has marked her platinum jubilee.
Poetry review – FAULTLINES: Alex Josephy reviews a varied but well-integrated collection by Caroline Maldonado
Africa Fashion, V&A Museum. Review by Carla Scarano. A celebration of African creativity, pride and identity covering 20 countries and 45 designers and displaying more than 250 objects is showing in the ground-breaking exhibition at the V&A.
Poetry review – COUNTRY OF ARRIVAL: Wendy French is moved by Hubert Moore’s collection speaking for the displaced and persecuted
Poetry review – DOG DAYS: D A Prince explores a multi-layered collection by Julie Lumsden
Poetry review – 163 DAYS: Rennie Halstead reviews a remarkable collection by Hannah Hodgson which documents the progress of her critical illness
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