Marthe de Meligny, Pierre Bonnard exhibition, Tate Modern. Review by Jane McChrystal.
For many of us stuck here in the grey fastness of a London winter, a visit to the 2019 Pierre Bonnard exhibition has brought some welcome relief.
Poems in the Case
P W Bridgman confesses himself pleasantly surprised by an unorthodox combination of poetry collection and murder mystery: he promises however that his review contains no spoilers.
Only Fools and Horses, the musical. Review by Barbara Lewis.
Five hundred years ago, Peckham was green and pleasant. By the 1980s and 1990s, when two of its most famous fictional characters Del Boy and Rodney Trotter were plying their dodgy wares, even the pigeons wanted to be elsewhere, or so Rodney tells us.
London Grip New Poetry – Spring 2019
* This issue of London Grip New Poetry features: * Angela Kirby *Kerrin P Sharpe *Jim C Wilson *Miki Byrne *Lisa Reily *Nancy Mattson * Joan Byrne *Rosemary Norman *M E Muir *Melanie Branton * Stuart Pickford *Amelia Hickman *Mark Carson *Wendy Klein *D S Maolalai *Jakky Bangkong-Obi *Antony Johae *Tristan Moss * Norbert Hirschhorn […]
London Grip Poetry Review – Rachael Clyne
Nick Cooke follows Rachael Clyne on a poetic guided tour of her family relationships
London Grip Poetry Review – P W Bridgman
Thomas Ovans explores the often bizarre worlds conjured up by P W Bridgman’s intriguing poetry
London Grip Poetry Review – Michelle Diaz
Isabelle Kenyon reviews a collection by Michelle Diaz which combines painful honesty with a sense of hopefulness
Talbot Road By Alan Dent. Review by Terri Thursfield.
The over-arching title of this eight-volume novel brings to mind the Rougon-Macquart. The comparison is apposite because while Zola structures his series around his faith in biological determinism, Dent’s novel dismisses it as a delusion.
London Grip Poetry Review – Tim Cunningham
Peter Ualrig Kennedy finds a lovely Irish wit and an evocative sense of place in Tim Cunningham’s latest collection.
London Grip Poetry Review – Gale Burns
James Roderick Burns considers a new collection by Gale Burns and wonders if it is possible for poets to set themselves too high a standard
‘The American Clock: A Vaudeville’ by Arthur Miller. Review by Gary Beahan.
Of all the Miller revivals currently doing the capital’s round, ‘The American Clock’ is not the softest option for any director, actor or audience to take on. Part social documentary, part human drama, part political commentary, it can feel at times like it has bitten off more vision and message than it can theatrically deliver.
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams. Review by Carla Scarano.
Two hundred unique artistic creations by Christian Dior and his successors are featured at the V&A exhibition.