London Grip Poetry Review – Hubert Moore
Wendy French responds to the compassion in Hubert Moore’s poetry
Much Ado About Nothing, Gray’s Inn Hall. Review by Julia Pascal.
This is Shakespeare light. Very light. Antic Disposition’s presentation of Shakespeare’s 1598 comedy is aimed at touring in South West France during the summer months when Paris empties and the French take to the countryside.
London Grip Poetry Review – Andrew Geary
John Forth appreciates a carefully-compiled first collection by Andrew Geary
London Grip Poetry Review – Gillian Allnutt
Carla Scarano reviews Gillian Allnutt’s Wake and admires it as a study in words
London Grip Poetry Review – Ruth O’Callaghan
Nick Cooke considers Ruth O’Callaghan’s ambitious poetic meditation on London’s immigrants
Fideles Oculi, Jennie Jewitt-Harris Exhibition. Review by WIlliam Marshall
This is a remarkable exhibition: Jennie Jewitt-Harris’s intricate collages, built in many cases on a foundation of pencil and charcoal drawings of driftwood, are a delight to the eye.
Excursion to the Mill House, Bromley by Bow, by Jane McChrystal.
There’s no other way to say it – we were in a different world – one with a clock tower and two oast houses, paved with cobble stones.
London Grip Poetry Review – S A Leavesley
Alex Josephy sees a new chapbook by S A Leavesley as being a collection for our times
London Grip Poetry Review – Judi Sutherland
James Roderick Burns enjoys Judi Sutherland’s disciplined and penetrating poems
London Grip Poetry Review – Joan Michelson
Peter Daniels takes note of some carefully negotiated poems from Joan Michelson
London Grip Poetry Review – Alice Major
Roger Caldwell finds that Alice Major composes poetry with a brain as well as a heart
BBC Proms 50. Review by Julia Pascal.
The evening opened with Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major K622. This is Mozart’s last finished orchestral work. Composed in 1789, it is one of the most exquisite of Mozart’s creations. Annelien Van Wauwe’s interpretation was curiously intimate and delicate.