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
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs
Ian McEwen’s 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 ‘lost’ ekphrastic poems by R S Thomas
Pamela Johnson’s 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 café 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 * María Castro Domínguez * 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 […]
London Grip comments on recent collections by Rosemary Norman, Julia Webb & Abegail Morley
A temporary installation in Bloomsbury Square is a powerful reminder of the work of exiled Russian poets in the last century
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • installations, poetry, politics, year 2017 0 • Tags: installations, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry, politics