Poetry review – SOFT TARGETS: Deborah Landau’s poetry deals with a threatening world but Edmund Prestwich detects hope and tenderness as well.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, travel, year 2021 • Tags: Alwyn Marriage, books, poetry, travel • 0 Comments
Poetry review – A POST CARD TO: Alwyn Marriage considers an unusual book by John Greening and Stuart Henson – and advises us not to judge it by its cover!
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Carla Scarano D’Antonio, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – WAYS OF SPEECH: Carla Scarano D’Antonio reviews Ann Pilling’s new collection which deals authentically with both light and dark aspects of everyday life
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Neil Fulwood, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – REDSTREAKS: Neil Fulwood considers Paul Binding’s chapbook to be deserving as much careful attention as a full collection
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Peter Daniels, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – SORRY ABOUT THE MESS: Peter Daniels reviews a poignant and personal collection by Heather Trickey
by Barbara Lewis • books, film, food, history, society, year 2021 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, books, film, food, history, society •
The Rome Plague Diaries, Lockdown Life in the Eternal City: In times when many of us have been wondering why we didn’t get ourselves stranded near a Caribbean beach, Matthew Kneale decided there was nowhere on the planet he would rather be locked down than where he was in his adoptive city of Rome.
by Barbara Lewis • performance, plays, theatre, year 2021 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, performance, plays, theatre •
At the start of 2020, Southwark Playhouse commissioned a group of playwrights to write short plays. The aim was for them to be performed on stage by the Elders Company, the playhouse’s drama group for anyone aged 65 and over, but then lockdown came along.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry, year 2021 • Tags: books, poetry, Roger Caldwell • 0 Comments
VAPOUR TRAILS: Roger Caldwell “reviews the reviewer” and discusses a collection of John Greening‘s writings on poets and poetry
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Edmund Prestwich, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – MY MOTHER WITH A BEETLE IN HER HAIR: Edmund Prestwich finds that this Selima Hill collection blends a satisfying unity with surprising diversity
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, poetry, Stuart Henson • 0 Comments
Poetry review – YES BUT WHAT IS THIS? WHAT EXACTLY? : Stuart Henson finds Ian McMillan’s poetry to be a mix of the good-humoured and the seriously thought-provoking
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: Adele Ward, books, poetry • 1 Comment
Poetry Review – LIMINAL: Adele Ward reviews Laura Fusco’s collection translated from the Italian by Caroline Maldonado
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Kate Noakes, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – NEW HUNGER: Kate Noakes enjoys dipping into a new pamphlet by Ella Duffy