A study of political murders that destroyed Gladstone’s efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Irish problem.
Poetry review – SOMETHING SO WILD AND NEW IN THIS FEELING: Pam Thompson is impressed by Sarah Doyle’s original poems drawn from the writings of Dorothy Wordsworth
Poetry review – A NORTHUMBRIAN BOOK OF HOURS: Alex Josephy explores Neil Curry’s meditative prose-poems about St Cuthbert
* The Summer 2021 issue of London Grip New Poetry features *Angela Kirby *Ian C Smith *Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana * Denise Bundred *Deborah Tyler-Bennett *Pam Job *Tess Jolly *Ilse Pedler *Joan Michelson * Jacqueline Schaalje * Lisa Reily *Gordon Wood *Jennifer Rogers *Dino Mahoney *Kerrin P Sharpe *Judith Wozniak *Anne Ballard *Melanie Branton *Paul Stephenson *Mark […]
Poetry review – YIELD: Carla Scarano D’Antonio reflects on a very personal collection by Claire Dyer
John Williams reviews THE CLEAR DAYLIGHT by Peter Branson, first prize winner of the Littoral Poetry Book Competition, 2020/21
Poetry review – THE STONE AGE: Edmund Prestwich discusses an original and sometimes experimental new collection from Jen Hadfield
Poetry review – SONGS FOR A DAUGHTER: Peter Ualrig Kennedy has written a moving sequence about his learning disabled daughter which is highly personal yet keeps the reader engaged throughout
Where I am: Brian Docherty reviews MEXICA MIX a new poetry collection by Marina Sánchez
NO SPIDER HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS BOOK: James Roderick Burns ventures into an anthology – edited by Cherry Potts – which is devoted to the eight-legged creatures which are a source of alarm to many people.
Poetry review – WHERE I’D WATCH PLASTIC TREES NOT GROW: Alwyn Marriage strongly recommends Hannah Hodgson’s distinctive poetry
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Poetry review – IN CHARGE OF THE GUN: David Mitchell is intrigued by Graham Clifford’s poetic response to the strange times we live in