Aptly described by Gavin Ewart as "a writer of great intelligence and vitality who can command a very powerful wry political comment", E. A. Markham was a leading light in British Caribbean writing. He was a poet, novelist and short story writer, ess...

Early one morning in London – on Boxing Day – a minicab driver and his customer discover they have much in common. They are of a certain age, came to Britain at about the same time, in their teens, lived in the same street in Kilburn in the 1950s and...

The "rough climate" of the title reflects the encroaching unease that many people feel about the circumstances of their lives. In his seventh collection (and his first for seven years) E.A. Markham draws attention to the euphemisms and other abuses o...

Many of the poems in E. A. Markham's sixth collection reveal a sense of disquiet which ranges in tone from the comic to the sombre. Yet the overall feel of the book is of something intimate, personal and celebratory, which overrides those darker unde...

E. A. Markham's new collection confirms his standing as one of the most energetic and original poets to emerge in recent years. "He has a very distinctive voice", commented Carol Rumens in "The Observer". 'Writing in Time Out", Valerie Sinason descri...