HIDDEN SUN: James McGonigal explores James Fountain’s perceptive study of the poet Joseph Macleod
Poetry review – MIRROR, MIRROR: IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE HEAD: Alwyn Marriage looks squarely at Sam Smith’s uncompromising poems about mental health patients and those who care for them
Poetry review – DISAPPEARANCES: Pam Thompson reviews a dark and magical first collection by Kathleen Bell
Poetry review – MATERNAL IMPRESSION: Pat Edwards is impressed by a thought-provoking new pamphlet from Cheryl Moskowitz
The Camera Is Ours – BFI dvd set 2022. Review by Alan Price. The Camera is Ours celebrates the women employed by an earlier, much more conservative, patriarchal and patronising film industry than the present.
Poetry Review – ALL ABOUT OUR MOTHERS: Sue Wallace-Shaddad admires a powerful collaboration by Vasiliki Albedo, Mary Mulholland and Simon Maddrell
HOPE IS A GIRL BORN IN A KYIV BUNKER – a personal response by Shanta Acharya to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Hungarian Masters: (Second Run Blu Ray) 2022. Review by Alan Price. Second Run, who has a specialist interest in East European cinema, has just issued a box set containing three films by Istvan Gaal, Zoltan Fabri and Miklos Jansco.
Poetry review – WHATEVER ELSE YOU MIGHT SAY: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs savours one more collection from the late Paul McLoughlin
Poetry review – WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE EARTH: Julie Hogg admires a powerful new collection by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
Poetry review – THE DASH BETWEEN US: Charles Rammelkamp peruses Cathy Porter’s poems which try to pin down time that is so easily lost or wasted
by Alan Price • film, year 2022 • Tags: Alan Price, film •
South (BFI Blu Ray) 3 disc set 2022. Review by Alan Price. I think “heroism” is an important attribute to highlight whilst watching these fascinating films. The Antarctic was the last and largest land mass on our planet to be explored. All that effort, given such harsh conditions, resources and equipment, compared to modern scientific exploration, is extraordinary