Provincial Punk. Grayson Perry. Turner Contemporary.
Two things strike in this exhibition: a strong sense of Englishness and a creative link to an artistic heritage as far back as the antique world. The classical urns, vases on closer inspection are...
View Article“David Bowie Is” and Pierre Boulez retrospective, Philharmonie de Paris.
One of Britain’s biggest pop icons and one of France’s intellectual giants have more in common than you might think.
View ArticleLondon Grip Poetry Review – Schneider
Wendy Klein finds that the poetic colours in Myra Schneider’s new collection have been skilfully mixed from choice ingredients The Door to Colour Myra Schneider Enitharmon Press ISBN 978-1-907587-51-1...
View ArticleLondon Grip New Poetry – Summer 2015
* This issue of London Grip New Poetry features poems by: . *Stephen Bone *Anthony Costello *Edward Mycue *Ben Banyard *Derek Adams *Danielle Hope *Imogen Forster *Pam Job *Ajise Vincent *Peter...
View ArticleLondon Grip Poetry Review – Peake
D A Prince analyses the component parts of a complex collection by Robert Peake The Knowledge Robert Peake Nine Arches Press, 2015 ISBN 9780993120114 84 pp £9.99 We wait a long time for the title poem....
View ArticleCrouch, Touch, Pause, Engage (Arcola Theatre, London) – review by Carole Woddis.
Welsh Rugby captain Gareth Thomas was at the peak of his career when the roof fell in and he `came out’ as gay. Imagine. A sporting legend in the Welsh mining communities where rugby was second only...
View ArticleLondon Grip Poetry Review – Routh
Emma Lee is touched by unanswered questions raised in Jane Routh’s chapbook sequence about the ill-fated Franklin expedition The White Silence Jane Routh Wayleave http://www.wayleavepress.co.uk/ ISBN...
View ArticleLondon Grip Poetry Review – Forth
Thomas Ovans identifies with many of the distinctively-voiced observations and reminiscences in John Forth’s substantial collection. Low Maintenance – Selected & New Poems John Forth Rockingham...
View ArticleBless ’em All
The Hideaway, Streatham presents Tracy Coleman. The story of the Great War told through songs of the period with original compositions by Paul Sand.
View ArticlePlum Busby live at the Hideaway
Sunday 28 June 2015, doors 12.00 pm, show 2.00 pm. This talented line-up plays a yelping good time mix of jazz, calypso, blues and music hall with a big dollop of incomparable fun and no shortage of...
View ArticleLondon Grip Poetry Review – Torrealba & Adès
John Forth finds that humour is one of the keys to the success of Alberto Torrealba’s tale of a poetic duel (translated by Timothy Adès) Florentino And The Devil Alberto Arvelo Torrealba (translated by...
View ArticleDrawing the Line
The exhibition Drawing the Line features David Harker’s drawings & paintings, with accompanying poems by Tamar Yoseloff Drawing the Line An exhibition of work by David Harker At the Poetry Café...
View ArticleThe Two Noble Kinsmen, The White Bear. Review by Barbara Lewis.
Victorian essayist Thomas de Quincey described it as “perhaps the most superb work in the language”. More recently, scholar Paul Edmonson in his new, highly readable introduction to Shakespeare says...
View ArticleLondon Grip Poetry Review – Harker & Yoseloff
John Forth looks at poems written by Tamar Yoseloff to accompany an exhibition of David Harker’s images and finds they are sometimes more assertive than the understated artwork, but are also very much...
View ArticleLondon GripPoetry Review – Ekroy on Comins
Josh Ekroy praises Oliver Comins’ poetry for its use of tactfully included detail as a way of conveying emotion held in check. Yes to Everything Oliver Comins Templar Portfolio Pamphlets Series ISBN:...
View ArticleLondon Grip Poetry Review – Natzler
John Snelling finds that Caroline Natzler‘s poetry manages to remain accessible even while taking the reader into areas that are far from simple. Only Caroline Natzler Grenadine Press, 2014 ISBN...
View ArticleLondon Grip Poetry Review – Keyes
Merryn Williams applauds a new selection of poems by Sidney Keyes (edited by Rod Madocks) which should help restore the reputation of this nearly-forgotten World War Two poet The Rising Flame:...
View ArticleLuna Gale, by Rebecca Gilman (Hampstead Theatre, London) – review by Carole...
In the past, Gilman has dealt with the pressures on artists to succeed (Baseball), racism in the white ivy-league (Spinning into Butter) and this time tackles child protection and social workers....
View ArticleLondon Grip Poetry Review – Apichella
Kat Soini is favourably impressed by a debut pamphlet collection by Maria Apichella that is both inclusive and challenging Paga Maria Apichella Cinnamon Press ISBN: 978-1909077577 32 pp £4.99 . The...
View ArticleLondon Grip Poetry Review – Crowther
Emma Lee admires Claire Crowther’s skilful use of appropriately restrictive forms in her poetic homage to silent cinema – and finds also that this pocket-size chapbook is generously packed with images...
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