Speech Lessons Review

In Speech Lessons the celebrated octogenarian John Montague writes with uncanny accuracy and affection of family, landscape and tradition . . . He writes with optimism, warmth and skill as he reflects on private and  public histories. The ‘Speech Lessons’ of his title are voiced in each poem: the speeches he puts into the mouths of his cast of family and friends; and the lessons and wisdom he hands down.
— Sarah Wardle, Poetry Review