Poetry review — CONVERSATIONS WITH MAGIC STONES: Sue Wallace-Shaddad admires how the techniques of writing and sculpture are related in Vivienne Tregenza’s collection inspired by the life & work of Barbara Hepworth
SEVEN STORIES: Emma Storr enjoys a selection of tales by Merryn Williams which touch on the darker side of human nature
Poetry review – BEYOND THE NINTH WAVE and RED DRESS: Simon Jenner reviews recent collections by Gordon Meade and David Cameron
Extreme Private Eros. Review by Alan Price. The opening scenes of Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 shows Miyuki with her female lover Sugako who cannot verbally express her feelings about their relationship. They live in a small town near a US military base in Okinawa and both work in a bar frequented by black American GIs.
Poetry review – SKY SAILING: Marie-Louise Eyres finds that a surrealist element in Tony Kitt’s poetry doesn’t hinder its ability to connect with a world his readers can recognize
Poetry review – MULTUM IN PARVO: Alex Josephy is impressed by the range and richness of the material from which Jane Weir crafts her poems
Poetry review – FACE IT: Jennifer Johnson considers the psychological undercurrents in a substantial first collection by M Stasiak
Negatives. Review by Alan Price. Negatives is set in a London antiques shop stuffed with Edwardian clothes and Victorian artefacts which provide a meagre business for its owner Theo (Peter McEnery).
Michaelina Wautier. Review by Graham Buchan. How fantastic it is to have a substantial exhibition of a completely unknown artist; for that artist to be a woman who painted in the 1600’s; and for her work to be so assured, so accomplished and such a pleasure to experience.
Poetry review – CROSSING PATHS: Sarah Leavesley admires a sequence of poems about cross-country walks by Jean Atkin & Richard Skinner which could be seen as a kind of rambler’s guide in verse
Poetry review – OUR WEIRD REGIMENT: Shanta Acharya discusses Martyn Crucefix’s thoughtful and eloquent explorations of change and fragility
Van Dyck, The European. Review by Barbara Lewis. A lack of evidence means art historians can only speculate about the relationship between Peter Paul Rubens and his most gifted pupil Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641).
By Barbara Lewis • art, books, exhibitions, painting, year 2026 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, books, exhibitions, painting