Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B. Review by Barbara Lewis. Popular wisdom maintains that the appeal of the traditional whodunnit is in its reassuring message that problems will be solved and justice will be done. But what if there are no easy answers, asks Tendai Humphrey Sitima.
Poetry review – CHOSEN GROUND: Colin Pink follows the twists and turns in this collection by Christopher M James and finds some surprising insights
REMEMBERING DONALD ATKINSON: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs reflects on the relatively short career of a very original poet and adds some personal memories.
JOHN LUCAS ONLINE: London Grip draws attention to a small cache of rather precious material … which has proved to be even more important than we first realised
Poetry review – FIFTY POEMS: Ian Pople considers some new translations by Geoffrey Lehmann of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry
Poetry review – COLLECTED LONGER POEMS: Jennifer Johnson dips into a substantial body of work by Anthony Howell
Poetry review – BRIDGING TIME 1944-2024: Thomas Ovans is moved and intrigued by Patricia Townsend’s sonnet sequence incorporating and responding to wartime letters from her father.
* THE SPRING 2024 ISSUE OF LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features: * Sarah Mnatzaganian * Jill Abram * Steve Black * Sue Rose * Ilse Pedler *Richard Smith * Karen Luke * Sarah Davies * Kenneth Pobo * Mark Carson * Christian Ward * Nick Cooke * Caroline Maldonado * Susan E Gunter * John Grey * Steven Taylor * Judith Wozniak * William Doreski * R. Gerry Fabian * Lorraine Gibson * John Whitehouse * Stuart Handysides *Briege Duffaud * John Bartlett * Murray Bodo * Keith Nunes * Steve Komarnyckyj * Maggie Freeman * Maggie Butt * Erica Hesketh * Kim Whysall-Hammond * Anthony Wilson * John Short * Robert […]
Poetry review – ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL: Thomas Ovans dips into Norbert Hirschhorn’s new selection of prose-poems and finds that come in a wide range of forms and flavours
Poetry review – HAVING HER CAKE: JenniferJohnson admires Wendy Klein’s collection for its bold and sensitive treatment of assisted dying
Poetry review – BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER: This collection by Tristram Fane Saunders tackles serious matters seriously but with a pleasingly light touch Before We Go Any Further Tristram Fane Saunders Carcanet ISBN: 9781800173255 80pp £12.99
The Wanderers. Review by Julia Pascal. This is a fascinating mess of a play which engages on every level. Anna Zeigler’s conceit is literary as the narrative plays out two parallel timelines within designated chapters.
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