Paul McLoughlin was a frequent contributor to London Grip both as a poet and as a perceptive reviewer and his recent death is a sad loss to his family and his many friends. Here John Lucas recalls Paul’s rather unorthodox route into poetry .
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by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, John Lucas, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – POEMS 1998-2016: John Lucas welcomes this posthumous selection from the poetry of Sean Elliott
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, fiction, travel, year 2020 • Tags: books, John Lucas, travel • 0 Comments
THE HOUSE WITH THREE EYES: John Lucas encounters a page-turner in John Harding’s atmospheric novel about mysterious events in Venice
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, year 2019 • Tags: books, John Lucas • 0 Comments
John Lucas finds this substantial novel from Paul Binding particularly satisfying because of its underlying connections and resonances
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, poetry reviews, year 2019 • Tags: authors, books, John Lucas, poetry • 0 Comments
John Lucas adds some personal reminiscence to his review of Will Daunt‘s compilation of writings by Eddie Wainwright
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2018 • Tags: books, John Lucas, poetry • 0 Comments
John Lucas reviews two unusual recent collections by Gail Holst-Warhaft and John Woods
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, year 2018 • Tags: books, John Lucas • 0 Comments
John Lucas praises the craft and authenticity in a new novel by Robert Edric – and regrets that this accomplished writer doesn’t have the larger reputation he deserves
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, literature, painting, poetry, politics, year 2018 • Tags: books, John Lucas, literature, painting, poetry, politics • 0 Comments
John Lucas reviews a genuinely interesting collection of essays by Jim Burns – and adds some equally interesting observations of his own
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, literature, poetry, year 2017 • Tags: authors, books, John Lucas, literature, poetry • 0 Comments
Perspectives on Poetry: John Lucas examines three recent studies exploring the craft and ideas of three eminent poets .
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, history, music, poetry, politics, travel, year 2017 • Tags: books, history, John Lucas, music, poetry, politics, travel • 0 Comments
John Lucas finds multiple reasons to recommend this memoir by Gail Holst-Warhaft which is studded through with her own accomplished poetry and also gives a shrewdly observant account of post-war Greek history
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2017 • Tags: books, John Lucas, poetry • 0 Comments
John Lucas reviews collections from Gregory Woods and George Tardios
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, jazz, poetry, year 2021 • Tags: authors, jazz, John Lucas, poetry • 0 Comments
PAUL McLOUGHLIN 1947-2021: John Lucas recalls his friendship with the late Paul McLoughlin and reprises some of the poetry and music they shared