Friday, June 7, 2024

Lancelot and Guinevere, a version of Malory's Le Morte Darthur.

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  Lancelot, Seeking Perfection, Encounters Guinevere.  (Parts 1-8) A man convicted of high treason was hung, drawn and quartered. For the sa...
Thursday, May 9, 2024

A Celtic Quest, by John Layard. A review of sorts.

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A Celtic Quest. John Layard 1975.   In my last post I praised ‘This is not a Grail Romance’ for attempting to read a medieval story on its o...
Thursday, April 25, 2024

This Is Not A Grail Romance. Natalia Petrovskia a review of sorts

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This Is Not a Grail romance: Understanding Historia Peredur uab Efrawc .  Natalia l. Petrovskaia . University of Wales Press, 2023.   'I...
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Review of Living with a Visionary by John Matthias.

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  John Matthias, Living with a Visionary , Dos Madres Press 2024. This small but astonishing book is John Matthias’ lament for his wife, Dia...

Orla Davey reviews A Man of Heart.

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Liam Guilar’s  A Man of Heart  transforms historical record into contemporary poetry, unearthing narratives of 5 th -century Britain by blen...
Sunday, March 3, 2024

Review of Seven of the wildwood, Mary Youmans. Wiseblood books.

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This review first appeared in The Brazen Head, December 2023 Seren of the Wildwood   Marly Youmans. Wiseblood books. Illustrated. 72 pages....
Thursday, January 18, 2024

King's Champion. A Ballad of sorts.

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This Is the companion piece to 'Taking Possession'. (See previous Post) First published in The Rotary Dial. I had been reading Percy...