The Rubens Garden. Review by Barbara Lewis. The Italianate palazzo in Antwerp where the great artist and diplomat Peter Paul Rubens lived and worked, and the newly restored garden of the Rubenshuis reopened to the public: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/the-ru…

Poetry review – She Goes to Town: Kimberly K. Williams admires the multiple perspectives on this collection by Sandra Renew: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/london…

The Outcasts. Review by Alan Price. Very few films have a genuine Celtic / pagan sensibility were environment and characters possess a mysterious and magical charge that feels authentically rooted in myth and legend: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/the-ou…

Poetry review – Love the Albatross: Pat Edwards reflects on the importance of exploring painful situations as honestly as Deborah Harvey’s collection does: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/london…

The Complete Haiku of Basho. Review by Alan Price. Basho was the great poet “of lonesomeness as well as the desire to be alone. The dynamic interiority out of which many of these poems emerged has much to say to us: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/the-co…

Plantation A. Review by Barbara Lewis. Composer Edward Jessen has reinvented opera with “an experimental sonic theatre work” and a lone soprano (A…) singing words whose meaning we can only guess at: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/planta…

Poetry review- The Butterfly House Merryn Williams admires the originality of thought and expression in this collection by the late Kathryn Bevis: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/london…

Poetry review – The Dancing Man: John Lucas admires the new collection by Adrian Caesar – albeit with the mildest of reservations: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/london…

Poetry review – Immortal Wreckage: Colin Pink is impressed by the many resonances and references behind the poems in Will Stone’s collection: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/london…

Poetry review – Once There Was Colour: Pat Edwards is moved by Sue Wallace-Shaddad’s eye-witness poems about the crisis in Sudan: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/london…

Poetry Review – Mahogany Eve: Pam Thompson admires the vividness of detail in this poetic memoir by Alan Payne: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/london…

Poetry review – Peristeria: Thomas Ovans appreciates the quiet, firm and consistent voice in Tim Cunningham’s poems: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/london…

The Valley of the Bees. Review by Alan Price. The opening of The Valley of the Bees is assured, startling and unforgettable. Set in 13th century Bohemia it records a violent and fateful incident.: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/the-va…

Jazz Conversations. Review by Barbara Lewis. Choreographer Dollie Henry and jazz composer Paul Jenkins have for more than a quarter of a century led the Body of People Jazz Theatre Company (aka BOP): londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/jazz-c…

Poetry review – The Point of the Stick: Thomas Ovans enjoys Neil Fulwood’s poetic sketches of famous conductors: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/london…

Poetry review – Small and Necessary Lives: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs admires Ron Scowcroft’s ability to capture moments that might easily be missed: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/london…

Georgian art. Review by Barbara Lewis. Georgia is a country of less than 4 million inhabitants with a language its guides will tell you is unique. They might also mention that the word for hello “gamarjoba” comes from the word for victory: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/georgi…

Poetry review – MERMAIDS OF ALBUQUERQUE: Charles Rammelkamp enjoys the realistic optimism in Elizabeth Cohen’s poems: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/london…

Poetry review – A Distant Englishness: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs examines a challenging but rewarding collection by John Whitehouse: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/london…

Why Am I So Single?! Review by Barbara Lewis. From Jane Austen to “Friends,” the pursuit of heterosexual love has been the goal of romantic comedy. Toby Marlow and Lucy have turned that on its head with a musical comedy: londongrip.co.uk/2024/09/why-am…