Thomas Ovans applauds a new poetry anthology edited by Peter Kennedy – and also the motivation behind it.
John Forth reviews recent collections by Simon Richey & Sue Boyle
Thomas Ovans is particularly impressed by a haunting quality in the poems from a new collection by Andrew Shields
John Lucas reviews a mixed bag of recent poetry collections from both sides of the Atlantic .
William Marshall & Wendy French are enthusiastic about the Eric Ravilious exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery (running until August 31st)
Anna Robinson looks at a recent anthology of poems about historical events and considers what we can learn from poetry about ways of exploring the past.
Emma Lee gives a glimpse of the fine poems contained in the latest Second Light anthology and also considers the role that such anthologies can play.
Wendy Klein finds much to enjoy in an ambitious new collection by David Attwooll
The carefully crafted poems in the new Michael Curtis collection manage to combine anger and detachment, observes Rosie Johnston
Two new collections from Murray Bodo and Michael McCarthy both show great compassion for human needs and weaknesses .
Norbert Hirschhorn admires the new collection from Anne-Marie Fyfe for its carefully shaped trajectory of echoing but elusive images.
John Lucas’s tribute to English cricketers who have stood up to the game’s authorities proves to be something much more thoughtful than a simple round-up of the ‘usual suspects’
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, society, sport, year 2015