Poetry review: Roger Caldwell considers a substantial selection from J R Solonche’s recent poetry
Poetry review – CRUCIFOX: Alex Josephy is enjoyably perplexed by the puzzles scattered through Geraldine Clarkson’s new collection
Poetry review – 100 POEMS TO SAVE THE EARTH: Alwyn Marriage reviews a new anthology edited by Zoë Brigley & Kristian Evans
Poussin and the Dance. National Gallery Until January 2022 Whirling movements, careful choreography and harmonious compositions characterise the works of Poussin that are on display at the exhibition at the National Gallery. He cleverly combined a rigorous study of Greek and Roman antiquities with Baroque sensitivity.
Poetry review – REYKJAVIK REQUIEM: Julie Hogg considers a challenging collection by Icelandic poet Gerður Kristný
BFI. Ingmar Bergman Vol 2 (5 Blu-Ray discs). In the 1950’s we experience Ingmar Bergman’s gradual progression to full maturity as a filmmaker. The culmination of that journey was internationally recognised in such (now) iconic films as Smiles of a Summer Night, Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal.
THE DIVERTED SELF: Business Class from this World to the Next. Andrew Parkin reviews PW Bridgman’s new collection IDIOLECT
Poetry review – THIS KILT OF MANY COLOURS: James Roderick Burns investigates David Bleiman’s unusually dense pamphlet
THE BEST SLAM/STAND-UP PERFORMANCE/SPOKEN WORD POETRY BOOK IN THE WORLD: David Mitchell reviews an anthology including over 70 poets edited by Jenn Hart & Clive Bernie
Poetry review – WHATSNAME STREET: Rennie Halstead explores last-century Lambeth as portrayed in Anna Robinson’s authentic and entertaining collection
Poetry review – A DISTANT HUM: Louise Warren enjoys Robin Thomas’s ability to surprise his readers
Poetry review – STILL: Rosie Johnston admires Christopher Meredith’s elegant poetic explorations of memory and the natural world
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 0 • Tags: books, poetry, Rosie Johnston