Death Comes to Pemberley. Review by Barbara Lewis. “Jane Austen wrote six novels, pretty much all about the same sort of thing,” declares the programme note to P.D. James’ artful sequel to possibly the most popular of the six (or seven, if you count the unfinished “Sanditon”).
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Zoltan Huszarik box set. Review by Alan Price. The great pleasure of this box set is to discover the remarkable work of a Hungarian director whose films have sadly slipped off the radar.
Poetry review – THE SCREW CITY POEMS: Charles Rammelkamp enjoys dipping into a comprehensive New & Selected from Richard Vargas
WILD BOAR: Alex Josephy is intrigued by an enigmatic and poetic first novel by Hannah Lutz which is deeply concerned about the climate crisis
Testament. Review by Barbara Lewis. Green Opera’s aim is to put sustainability and nature at its core, while redefining opera for a new era in which art and environmental consciousness unite.
New York, New York. Review by Alan Price. The bad bits of New York, New York make you cringe. The good bits have you cheering out loud in praise. It’s flawed, meandering, joyful and downbeat and never quite the sum of all its parts.
Poetry review – DIAMONDS & RUST: Charles Rammelkamp engages with Catalina Vergara’s love poem both in its original Spanish and as rendered in English by Tiffany Troy
Poetry review – CELL: Nick Cooke takes a serious look at the very serious themes addressed in a powerful new collection by Ruth O’Callaghan
The Man Who Would be King. Review by Alan Price. Both the novella and film of The Man Who Would Be King have been described as a ripping yarn but that expression has lost some of its charm and romance.
Poetry review – TREMBLING EARTH: Jennifer Johnson is moved by Finola Scott’s gentle poetry full of concern for our threatened environment
Poetry review – THE OPPOSITE OF SWEDISH DEATH CLEANING: Mat Riches enjoys Alison Binney’s deft handling and close examination of familiar subjects
Charterhouse Tour. Review by Barbara Lewis. An inspired condition of a National Heritage Lottery Fund grant, agreed around the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, was that the Charterhouse, whose origins date back to the Black Death of the 14th-century, should open its doors to the public.
By Barbara Lewis • architecture, history, society, year 2025 • Tags: architecture, Barbara Lewis, history, society