* The Summer 2022 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Charlotte Gann *Sally Festing *Pam Job *Mary Mulholland *Neil Leadbeater *Stephen Claughton *Brian Docherty *Mary Franklin *John Grey *Jane Simpson *Bob Cooper *Phil Connolly *Paul Stephenson *Elizabeth Smither *Gareth Writer-Davies *Stuart Henson *Rosemary Norman *Alison Campbell *Rod Whitworth *Stuart Handysides *Joan Michelson *Arthur Russell […]
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HOPE IS A GIRL BORN IN A KYIV BUNKER – a personal response by Shanta Acharya to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • history, politics, year 2022 0 • Tags: history, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, politics
Poetry review – WHATEVER ELSE YOU MIGHT SAY: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs savours one more collection from the late Paul McLoughlin
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2022 0 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry
* The Spring 2022 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Tim Suermondt *Mark J. Mitchell *Rustin Larson *Stuart Pickford *Emma Lee *Alan Cohen *John Grey *Charlotte Gann *Hannah Linden *Richard Manly Heiman * Janet Hatherley *Teoti Jardine *Julia Duke *Jim C Wilson *Robin Houghton *Ken Anderson *Gale Acuff *Kerrin P Sharpe *Alicia Stubbersfield *John […]
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • new poetry, poetry, year 2022 0 • Tags: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, new poetry, poetry
P – Michael Bartholomew-Biggs reviews a classic dystopia by D Rudd-Mitchell in which the individual is faced with a seemingly all-powerful Party
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, fiction, society, year 2021 0 • Tags: books, fiction, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, society
* The Winter 2021 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Robert Cole *Ceinwen Haydon * Myra Schneider *Steve Komarnyckyj *Chrissy Banks *Merryn Williams *Norton Hodges *Martin Bennett *Julia Stothard *Rodney Wood * Tony Dawson *Tristan Moss *Rachel Carney *Ramona Herdman *J R Solonche *Teoti Jardine *David Flynn *Briege Duffaud *John Grey *Zack Rogow *David […]
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • new poetry, poetry, year 2021 0 • Tags: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, new poetry, poetry
Poetry review – SERVICE CANCELLED: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs is impressed by Neil Fulwood’s novel approach to the lockdown poem
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, music, poetry reviews, year 2021 0 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, music, poetry
* The Autumn 2021 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Jim C Wilson *P W Bridgman * Sue Wallace-Shaddad *Kurt Luchs *Phil Dunkerley *Kevin Cahill *Mark Mansfield *Martin Bennett *Tim Kiely * Owen Gallagher * Sally Michaelson *Kathy Pimlott *Barry Smith *Gillie Robic * Jackson *Flourish Joshua *Robert Beveridge *Loukia Borrell *Robert Etty * […]
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • new poetry, poetry, year 2021 2 • Tags: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry
THE FAREWELLING OF A HOME: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs considers Jane Simpson’s newly-composed Christian ritual for marking a major life-change
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, religion, year 2021 0 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, religion
* The Summer 2021 issue of London Grip New Poetry features *Angela Kirby *Ian C Smith *Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana * Denise Bundred *Deborah Tyler-Bennett *Pam Job *Tess Jolly *Ilse Pedler *Joan Michelson * Jacqueline Schaalje * Lisa Reily *Gordon Wood *Jennifer Rogers *Dino Mahoney *Kerrin P Sharpe *Judith Wozniak *Anne Ballard *Melanie Branton *Paul Stephenson *Mark […]
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • new poetry, poetry, year 2021 1 • Tags: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry
Poetry review – SONGS FOR A DAUGHTER: Peter Ualrig Kennedy has written a moving sequence about his learning disabled daughter which is highly personal yet keeps the reader engaged throughout
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 0 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry
Poetry review – BEAUTIFUL LOFTY THINGS: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs enjoys his examination of Cahal Dallat’s poetic version of a cabinet of curiosities
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2022 0 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry