St John’s Hospital in Bruges, dating from the 12th-century, has a history of healing focused on the soul rather than the body. By the time Hans Memling arrived in Bruges in the second half of the 15th-century, that meant the hospital had a clear role for the man who was described at the time of his death in 1494 as “the most accomplished and excellent painter of the whole Christian world”.
A TERRAIN OF THEIR OWN: Matthew M C Smith revisits Helen Mort’s 2016 collection No Map Could Show Them and reflects on its exposure of gender stereotyping in mountain literature
Ray Harryhausen: Special Edition Collection. Review by Alan Price. Ray’s unique imaginative insight into his beautifully made models is a great validation for the artistry of stop motion: one artist’s sole painstaking control over his creation – all those hours, in solitude, crafting the finally realised results.
Poetry review – DINING WITH THE DEAD: Melissa Todd admires Fiona Sinclair’s skill at re-presenting the everyday as something special
Poetry Review – MUSINGS: Charles Rammelkamp appreciates Tony Dawson’s mixing of wit and understanding of human nature
Jerzy Skolimowski. Review by Alan Price. Watching the 1960’s films of Jerzy Skolimowski is to be transported back to a time of youthful radicalism: a cultural space of provocative inventiveness and style.
Poetry review – A LAND BETWEEN BORDERS: Mat Riches explores the poetic territories mapped out in Mike Barlow’s latest collection
THE PROCESS OF POETRY: Roger Caldwell browses an instructive selection of case studies in poetic composition compiled by Rosanna McGlone
Poetry review – BIRDS KNIT MY RIBS TOGETHER : Giles Watson reviews Phil Barnett’s collection which records close personal encounters with the natural world
Poetry review – EDGAR: Stephen Claughton considers Malcolm Carson’s extended exploration of a poetic persona
Poetry review – DEAD LETTERS: Rosie Johnston admires a collection of elegant and generous poems by Carole Coates
Poetry review – YOU’LL NEVER BE ANYONE ELSE: Emma Lee reflects on Rachael Clyne’s poems about finding and maintaining an authentic identity
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2024 0 • Tags: books, Emma Lee, poetry