In defence of the libretto and the librettist

The world changed on 7 October 2023 when Hamas made incursions into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. In a series of coordinated attacks, Hamas murdered more than 1,200 people and took a further

Leigh Lawson has embraced acting and poetry with the same determination that sustained Marie Lloyd, the music-hall queen whose memorabilia he collects, as Carla Passino discovers

A critic with ‘an almost devout passion for good poems’

Why do we like what we like?

Literary news andreviews with alocal flavour