London Grip Poetry Review – Jane Weir
Carla Scarano reflects on Jane Weir’s collection of poems on refiguring relationships and gender roles
Carla Scarano
London Grip Poetry Review – Dawn Wood
Carla Scarano admires Dawn Wood’s poetry which deals with the healing power of imagination
Fascinating visions: Hiroshige and Turner in Rome. Review by Carla Scarano.
Views of different countries combining practical observations and ideal visions are the focus of two major exhibitions occurring in Rome: Turner: work from Tate and Hiroshige: visions from Japan.
The power of creativity: combining art and fashion in Florence, by Carla Scarano.
Florence has plenty of art masterpieces and so many world renowned museums and churches to visit that it is hard to find the time to see something different when you are there. Textiles and fashion are the other strong trademarks of the city whose fortunes are linked to commerce and banking since the Middle Ages.
London Grip Poetry Review – Keith Bosley
Keith Bosley’s expertise with language gives breadth to his poems without losing touch with the ordinary reader, observes Carla Scarano
Humans and Nature
Carla Scarano looks at two V&A exhibitions exploring interactions between human beings and the natural world
London Grip Poetry Review – Tarbard
Grant Tarbard has produced a fascinating collection, observes Carla Scarano
In search of an Italian identity
Carla Scarano visits two exhibitions in Florence: The return to Italy of Salvatore Ferragamo in 1927 and the Dawn of a Nation after WW II
London Grip Poetry Review – McNeill
Carla Scarano wonders how Christine McNeill’s poetry manages to combine tactile sensations and transcendence
London Grip Poetry Review – Price
Carla Scarano finds Caroline Price’s poetry to be flowing and enigmatic
London Grip Poetry Review – Gillian Allnutt
Carla Scarano reviews Gillian Allnutt’s Wake and admires it as a study in words