Poetry review – WIDDERSHINS: Merryn Williams finds an authentic mixing of sadness and hope in a new collection by Kathryn Daszkiewicz
year 2026
Poetry review –THE HUMAN CORE: Charles Rammelkamp finds a convincing account of human motivations in this lively collection by Wade Stevenson
Poetry review – HATCHERY: Pat Edwards admires the honesty and tenderness as well as poetic craft in Elizabeth Osmond’s account of work in a maternity ward
Poetry review – ENGLISH LAUGHTER: John O’Donoghue finds hope in the humour and fair-mindedness that Alan Morrison perceives as being vitally English characteristics
Poetry review – STILL LIFE WITH APOCALYPSE: Charles Rammelkamp is grimly fascinated by Alan Catlin’s poetic reporting of multiple disasters
Poetry review – THE DINGO’S NOCTUARY: Kimberly K. Williams admires the commitment and passion behind this remarkable book by Judith Nangala Crispin
Poetry review – HERE & THEREAFTER: Lucy Winrow admires a poetic exploration of family history by Alice Miller
Poetry review – A DAY LIKE NO OTHER: Thomas Ovans considers a new and generous selection from James Norcliffe’s many collections
Poetry review – SKINSHIP: Sue Wallace-Shaddad examines a collection by Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana that deals with an emotional journey while also covering geographical and cultural distances
Tarkovsky CD Set. Review by Alan Price. Tarkovsky didn’t care for conventional film music. He generally favoured natural sounds, electronic music, samples of classical music and folk to create a probing soundscape that complimented his visionary filmmaking.
Drawn into your Presence. Review by Graham Buchan. This is a very interesting and, in some ways, unique exhibition curated by Jim Grover and Ruth Grover. It links three distinct periods of Christian religious imagery.
Plan Nine from Outer Space. Review by Alan Price. Everyone knows that Ed Wood’s Plan Nine from Outer Space has a huge cult following. A film so ineptly directed that it has become a classic good bad film: a delirious guilty pleasure that people have ascribed a weird dream-like quality to which makes the film special.
By Alan Price • film, film archive, year 2026 • Tags: Alan Price, film, film archive