Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Sophie Mayer’s Catechism: Poems for Pussy Riot
Post Live Aid, I’ve always viewed the charity concert or album with cynicism. Sure, the cause is worthy but you wonder whether …
Category Archives: 2012
Liberating constraints – Tom Chivers’ Adventures in Form
Reporting back from the Edinburgh International Book Festival, George Szirtes quotes Jackie Kay: “Why do novelists so fear the death of …
You’ll never walk alone – David Morley’s The Crowd
At midday, those expecting Ian Payne’s Sunday Review show on Radio 5 Live were thrown into David Morley’s The Crowd, …
Kissing a Saint’s Stomach Lining – Adam Thorpe’s Voluntary
The strangest thing I’ve kissed is a section of stomach lining belonging to the Blessed Ralph Sherwin. He’s an old …
Looking at the emperor’s new clothes – Glyn Maxwell’s On Poetry
Buy On Poetry from Oberon Books A school friend grasped counterpoint intuitively and had a penchant for writing fugues. He …
Ecce Homo – Julia Copus’ The World’s Two Smallest Humans
Buy The World’s Two Smallest Humans from Faber When I saw Mark Wallinger’s Ecce Homo (1999) dwarfed by Trafalgar Square’s scale and chutzpah, …
A Watery Grave: Helen Dunmore’s The Malarkey
Buy The Malarkey from Amazon I’ll never forget waiting for that notorious cutpurses’ cash cow: Rome’s number 64 bus. Locals …
Through a glass, darkly – Gail Ashton’s The Other Side of Glass
Buy The Other Side of Glass from the Cinnamon Press The heft of the fountain pen really does deliver the …
Shakespeare’s Sonnets – Faber and Faber – Arden – Touch Press
Buy The Sonnets for iPad I’ve been tidying the bookshelves today, flicking through my collection and finding enclosures that raise …
Tom Paulin – Love’s Bonfire
I selected this post to be featured on my blog’s page at Poetry Blogs. Buy Love’s Bonfire direct from Faber …
Poor Rude Lines 