The museum in Doughty Street, London, has a temporary exhibition to revisit the established view that Dickens had no truck with science, presenting the discipline not so surprisingly as an extension of his concern with social justice and reform rather than abstract theory.
Carla Scarano admires Dawn Wood’s poetry which deals with the healing power of imagination
Martin Noutch appreciates both the playfulness and the seriousness of Kevin Densley’s collection
Born in the Normandy port of Honfleur in 1824, son of a mariner and whose dying wish was to return to the coast, Eugene Boudin had an instinctive understanding of the play of light on water and in the sky.
Writer, philosopher and English aristocrat Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) was way ahead of her time and she knew it, writing: “I regard not so much the present but future ages”.
Pamela Johnson explores a small book in which the poems of Helen Mort respond to massive Arctic landscapes
Views of different countries combining practical observations and ideal visions are the focus of two major exhibitions occurring in Rome: Turner: work from Tate and Hiroshige: visions from Japan.
Emma Lee looks at the new Happenstance collection from Fiona Moore
Graham Hardie considers the range and substance of a debut collection by Will Holloway
Stuart Henson listens in to Neil Curry’s artful channeling of Virginia Woolf
Rambouillet – known for its graceful chateau that is the summer seat of French presidents and the setting for international summits – also has appeal for those seeking a gentler life on the sidelines – or even in the sidings.
London Grip Poetry Review – Hannah Hodgson
Martin Noutch respects the honesty with which Hannah Hodgson makes poetry out of serious illness