Poetry review – BRIDGING TIME 1944-2024: Thomas Ovans is both intrigued and moved by Patricia Townsend’s sonnet sequence incorporating and responding to wartime letters from her father. . .
history
The Charterhouse garden tour. Review by Barbara Lewis. Mr Weeding was in 1795 the aptly named first recorded gardener at the Charterhouse – or at least that’s what Emily, one of the current team tells, with a straight face, the mixture of Londoners and tourists she is showing around.
Charterhouse Tour. Review by Barbara Lewis. An inspired condition of a National Heritage Lottery Fund grant, agreed around the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, was that the Charterhouse, whose origins date back to the Black Death of the 14th-century, should open its doors to the public.
Poetry review – BURNTISLAND: Colin Pink reviews a collection in which Ian Farnes reflects on the history of his own small home town
Poetry review – AGAINST THE STREAM: Andrew Keanie considers a comprehensive selection of Gary Allen’s poetry and sets it in the context of Northern Ireland’s troubled history
Maison Bonaparte. Review by Barbara Lewis. Napoléon Bonaparte was born into a noble family in Ajaccio on August 15, 1769, and left around nine years later for France, where he took up a scholarship at the Brienne military academy.The house where he was born is now a museum remarkable for its less than total enthusiasm for Corsica’s most famous son.
Poetry review – CONSTRUCTING A WITCH: Nick Cooke is impressed by Helen Ivory’s energetic and zealously defiant poems
Medieval Women. Review by Barbara Lewis. Between 1100 and 1600, Europe had 20 reigning queens. It produced numerous women who turned to religion to escape female servitude and gain influence and others who offered practical common sense to relieve the often fatal trauma of childbirth.
Poetry review – FROM THE EAST: Peter Ualrig Kennedy is impressed by the clever cadences of John Greening’s poetry in this volume
Poetry review – APPEAR TO DANCE: Charles Rammelkamp finds Linda Kleinbub’s poetic diary to be a powerful reminder of life amid the COVID pandemic
Georgian art. Review by Barbara Lewis. Georgia is a country of less than 4 million inhabitants with a language its guides will tell you is unique. They might also mention that the word for hello “gamarjoba” comes from the word for victory.
Poetry review – THE APOTHEOSIS OF MUSIC: Daniel Barbiero reviews a new translation of poems by Witold Wirpsza and considers the effect of history on the poet’s work
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