Poetry review – AFTER HASTINGS: Thomas Ovans reviews Merryn Wiliams‘ poetic impressions of the Covid years
HOLDING A POSE: John Lucas comments on an intriguing essay by Anthony Rudolf on the role of the artist’s model
Pension Europa. Review by Barbara Lewis. Austrian-Italian director Martin Gruber and his aktionstheater ensemble have for decades helped audiences to explore what it is to be a human wrestling with the anxieties of the day.
Poetry review – LOVE AND STONES: Emma Lee looks at the life-lessons behind Josephine Corcoran’s poems about family memories
Poetry review – THE ATTENDING: Charles Rammelkamp finds Matthew Mumber’s poems about his experience as a physician amount almost to a guide to wise living
Poetry review – CALLIGRAPHIES: Norbert Hirschhorn is full of admiration for Marilyn Hacker’s new collection
Poetry review – HOUSE WORK: Pat Edwards finds honesty and directness in Khadija Rouf’s poems
Poetry review – LOCAL INTEREST: Pamela Johnson examines a collection in which Emily Hasler immerses herself and the reader in a landscape and its history
WORDS & PICTURES: Thomas Ovans views some intriguing video poems created by Rosemary Norman and Stuart Pound
Annie Get Your Gun. Review by Barbara Lewis. Irving Berlin’s “There’s No Business Like Show Business” is the perfect opening for a show and especially for the inaugural show at the Lavender Theatre on Epsom Downs.
Paula Rego: Crivelli’s Garden. Review by Graham Buchan. Two years ago Tate Britain mounted a major retrospective of Paula Rego’s work and it was a great exhibition. Now the National Gallery shows a single piece of Rego’s work, albeit a big one: Crivelli’s Garden is nearly ten metres wide and two metres high.
Poetry review – SAY IT WITH ME: Pat Edwards finds freshness in Vanessa Lampert’s treatment of life’s ups and downs
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2023 • Tags: books, Pat Edwards, poetry