Review: Ricky Ray’s ‘The Soul We Share’

Review: Ricky Ray’s ‘The Soul We Share’

Review: Ricky Ray, The Soul We Share (Fly on the Wall Press, 2024)   By Meg Freer   The Soul We Share, a new collection by American poet, essayist, and self-described mystic Ricky Ray, takes as its impetus his shared life with his beloved dog Addie, who...
THEATRE REVIEW: ‘PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’   By Stella Backhouse   One of the most important strands of twenty-first century revisionist history has been its prioritising of Britain’s slaving and colonialist past to the building of the modern nation. Like...
REVIEW: COLIN BANCROFT’S ‘KNIFE EDGE’

REVIEW: COLIN BANCROFT’S ‘KNIFE EDGE’

REVIEW: COLIN BANCROFT’S ‘KNIFE EDGE’     By Stella Backhouse   If the title of Colin Bancroft’s 2022 pamphlet Knife Edge brings to mind a straight line and nothing else, then you’re getting only half the picture. In fact, Knife Edge is already a clever play on...
REVIEW: HOLLY MAGILL’S ‘20’

REVIEW: HOLLY MAGILL’S ‘20’

REVIEW: HOLLY MAGILL’S ‘20’     By Stella Backhouse   20 is quite possibly the shortest title of any collection I’ve reviewed. But even though it consists of just two little characters, the most important part of it is arguably neither of them: it’s the space in...