A temporary installation in Bloomsbury Square is a powerful reminder of the work of exiled Russian poets in the last century
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs
A new novel by John Lucas looks back in search of explanations for two sudden deaths occurring in an English village just after World War Two
Ian McEwenâs unorthodox verse forms also employ some traditional poetic skills
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Margarita Serafimova *Nod Ghosh *James Aitchison *Jim C Wilson *Andrew James *George Tardios * Leni Dipple *Beth McDonough *Sally Long *Caroline Natzler * Kevin Casey *Murray Bodo * Edward Lee * Antony Johae * Sanjeev Sethi *Chris Beckett * Angela Kirby * Kevin Cahill * Keith […]
London Grip reviews four recent poetry pamphlets from Rack Press
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: *Phil Kirby *Tracey Peterson *Abegail Morley *Natalie Crick *Geoffrey Winch *S W James * Sue Rose *Tom Phillips *Mark Totterdell *Tristan Moss *Thomas Ovans * Gareth Culshaw *Patri Wright * Elizabeth Smither * Alice Major * Colin Crewdson *Mary Franklin * Jack Little * Stuart […]
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs dips into a collection of âlostâ ekphrastic poems by R S Thomas
Pamela Johnsonâs latest novel describes the intriguing interplay between three characters and reveals a lot about human vulnerability and resilience
A memoir by Bernard Green tells the story of a transport cafĂŠ over sixty years before and after World War two.
A spiritual autobiography by Murray Bodo turns out to be an unexpectedly down-to-earth story
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Sonja Key * MarĂa Castro DomĂnguez * Fiona Sinclair * Sarah Lawson * Angela Kirby * Phil Wood * Jeni Curtis * J D DeHart * Marc Carver * Hugh McMillan * Linda Rose Parkes * Kate Noakes * Norbert Hirschhorn * Peter Ulric […]
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • food, history, society, year 2017 • Tags: food, history, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, society • 0 Comments
London Grip readers may remember Bernard Greenâs previous reminiscences about his early life on the Surrey-Hampshire border. Here he returns with a new recollection â this time couched in verse…