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Thomas Ovans

ver poets

Thomas Ovans congratulates Ver Poets on their 50th birthday and on the anthology they have produced to celebrate it.

By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, poetry, Thomas Ovans

carson

Thomas Ovans samples the varied themes in a new collection by Malcolm Carson

By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 • Tags: books, poetry, Thomas Ovans

ghosts in the desert

Thomas Ovans reviews two recent collections by Maggie Butt and Emma Lee

By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2015 • Tags: Thomas Ovans

Pope

Thomas Ovans explores the complexities of Bethany Pope’s intense & tightly-wrought poetry

By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, Year 2014 • Tags: books, poetry, Thomas Ovans

CURTAIN

Thomas Ovans glances back at the ITV series of Poirot adventures which recently came to an end

By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, film, television, Year 2013 • Tags: film, television, Thomas Ovans