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Featuring: Poems by Sue Butler, Maggie Butt, Laura Chalar, David Devanny, Tobias Hill, Sophie Mayer, Steven O’Brien, Shelley Puhak, Joel Scarfe, Pauline Stainer A Short Story by Alison MacLeod "The Curious Case of Cricket and English Literary Writing": Mihir Bose discusses writers' love of the civilised sport and traces it in novels from Dickens to Joseph O'Neill. "The Nightingale's Song": John Caple describes the folk tales that inspire his painting. "Poetry and Politics": Grey Gowrie comments on an unpredictable relationship. "The Schumann Show": John Greening provides an appreciation of the composer as we approach the bicentenary of his birth. "Herta Müller: Nobel Laureate 2009": Brigid Haines introduces the Romanian-born prize-winner. "A Crisis of Brilliance: 1910 and the London Art Scene": Following the publication of his latest book, David Boyd Haycock commemorates the century-old avant-garde of Bloomsbury. "Abu Dhabi Globalises Culture": Editor Steven O'Brien's encounter with a 21st century renaissance. "Serious Anthony Powell": Matthew Scott invokes the writer's sources of humour. "Novels of the Recent Past": Nicholas Summerfield considers the zeitgeist in literature from the 90s and 00s. "Reading in Captivity": Terry Waite CBE gives an insight into a heightened appreciation of books. "London's First Arab: Abd-al-Wahid Anuri’s Six Months in the City": George Williamson observes early cultural differences in the year 1600. Poetry: Sue Butler, Letting Go Maggie Butt, The Patron Saint of Remaindered Books Laura Chalar, Long Learning David Devanny, The Hanging Stone Tobias Hill, Astrakhan Sophie Mayer, Sur l'Escalier Steven O'Brien, Lough Swilley Shelley Puhak, The Rock Joel Scarfe, Eccles Pauline Stainer, Three Poems Fiction: Alison MacLeod, Under the Minarets Features: Mihir Bose: The Curious Case of Cricket and English Literary Writing John Caple: The Nightingale's Song Grey Gowrie: Poetry and Politics John Greening: The Schumann Show Brigid Haines: Herta Müller: Nobel Laureate 2009 David Boyd Haycock: A Crisis of Brilliance: 1910 and the London Art Scene Steven O'Brien: Abu Dhabi Globalises Culture Matthew Scott: Serious Anthony Powell Nicholas Summerfield: Novels of the Recent Past Terry Waite CBE: Reading in Captivity George Williamson: London's First Arab: Abd-al-Wahid Anuri's Six Months in the City Reviews: Bruce Anderson, Venice: Pure City Claire Crowther, New Collections by Matthew Welton and Peter Abbs Hugh Dunkerley, The Ekphrasis of Philip Gross and Simon Denison Sophia Wood, A Country of Words
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