Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan Ciaran Berry Ruth McIlroy is a poet

Ruth McIlroy is a poet of the ‘tilting world’

crying ‘I want

She is also an accomplished artist

Geoff Hattersley's work has been distinguished for a long time by its lethal direct address

Dzifa Benson

Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan Ciaran Berry Ruth McIlroy is a poet'Elegant and heartaching, these poems illuminate the sorrows of life with a bright flame, returning us to that miraculous human capacity for love and faith even in our darkest days.' Liz Berry'Declan Ryan reveals himself a master of both the telling detail and of narrative suspense. Each exquisitely orchestrated vignette delivers a punch worthy of the heroes of the ring here commemorated.' Mark FordCrisis Actor chronicles various failures and