Poetry review – THE DANCING MAN: John Lucas admires the new collection by Adrian Caesar – albeit with the mildest of reservations
John Lucas
THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY: John Lucas reflects on variousness in this personal memoir by Graham Caveney
SHAKESPEARE IN AN AGE OF ANXIETY: John Lucas admires Neville Grant’s new study of Shakespeare’s plays prior to 1603 – and is already impatient for a sequel
John Lucas reviews new poetry collections by Alessio Zanelli and Alamgir Hashmi
MIND AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE: John Lucas finds helpful information and some degree of comfort in James Hodgson’s primer for those trying to get to grips with AI and the issues surrounding it
MUSIC AND POLITICS: John Lucas reviews Gail Holst-Warhaft’s invaluable study of the life of Mikis Theodorakis
SCABLANDS AND OTHER STORIES: John Lucas reviews a short story collection by Jonathan Taylor
THINGS BEING VARIOUS: John Lucas discusses two very different works by Neil Curry – a monograph on Horace Walpole and a slim volume of delicate and well-observed poetry
WILD TRACK: John Lucas admires Sean Street’s eloquent exploration of possible responses to birdsong – from the poet’s to the sound engineer’s
HOLDING A POSE: John Lucas comments on an intriguing essay by Anthony Rudolf on the role of the artist’s model
CORONATION STREETS: ENGLAND THEN AND NOW: John Lucas reflects upon Chris Arnot’s account of how England has changed since the 1953 coronation
A PHYSICAL EDUCATION: John Lucas considers Jonathan Taylor’s perceptive and accessible discussion of the causes and consequences of authorised cruelty in schools and beyond
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