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Tim Radford had the possibly unique distinction of being, at different times, both literary and science editor of a major newspaper. He was also truly a one-culture man, the other example that I was aware of being Primo Levi, whose great...Monday, February 17, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
Repetition mounts to unnerving auditory effect as a trapped fly makes a life-or-death bid to escape That It would be better not to be that fly — the fly that sees in stereo what happens that day Continue reading...Friday, February 14, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
The poet on his early love of horror and the transformative power of Thom Gunn My earliest reading memory A memory of being read to, rather than of reading. Every time I was off school sick, I’d ask Mum to read to me from the...Wednesday, February 12, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
My sister Dorothy Porter was a bohemian gay poet; I was a respectable church handmaiden. But she cracked the door open for me to start seeing the world differently Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I spent most of my adult life...Tuesday, February 11, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
The British Canadian poet’s new collection invokes the elements as it interrogates imperialism, patriarchy and climate emergency Weather often serves as the bleak subject of British small talk, or as the backdrop to more exciting...Monday, February 10, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
A beguiling look at the fleeting pleasures of theatre, and the fleetingness of pleasure itself Are they shadows … Are they shadows that we see? And can shadows pleasure give? Pleasures only shadows be Cast by bodies we conceive, And are...Sunday, February 9, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
A poetic inscription on a miniature gold tableau reminds me of what I should be striving for and, thankfully, has become far more than a decoration Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate...Sunday, February 9, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
The award-winning poet and artist on exploring attitudes around Brexit, using AI in their work, and swapping London for Paris Born in 1988, Jay Bernard is a British poet, artist and film programmer born in London. Their multimedia...Wednesday, February 5, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
Codebreaker at Bletchley Park during the second world war who went on to become a successful author Gwen Watkins, who has died aged 101, deciphered German air force codes at Bletchley Park during the second world war, helping RAF and US...Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
Authors and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month Everyone else got there a long time ago but I’ve only recently read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s sci-fi masterpiece Children of Time . Cautionary, richly...Monday, February 3, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
The changing colours of the fruit provide rich images of ripening and bruising love Four rispetti from Tuscan Olives I Continue reading...Friday, January 31, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
My friend Dave Crook, who has died aged 71, was a bookseller, poet and songwriter. His home in Stirchley, Birmingham, was a salon for local writers and musicians. For several years in the 1990s he edited the cultural magazine Out of the...Friday, January 31, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
Modern Poetry and Frank: Sonnets by Diane Seuss; That Broke Into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott; My Secret Life by Krisztina Tóth; The Grimoire of Grimalkin by Sascha Aurora Akhtar; Flood by Jessica Mookherjee Modern Poetry and Frank:...Thursday, January 30, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
The world’s oldest surviving poem is a ‘tragically relevant’ tale of vengeance to rival Game of Thrones, with a stage adaptation heading to Perth. Just don’t expect good guys and bad guys Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email On 7...Wednesday, January 29, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
The British Nigerian writer’s beautiful new collection captures the spirit and importance of house parties. Plus, remembering Toni Morrison’s oeuvre Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week, I caught up with the film-maker and...Monday, January 27, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
Small details of nature in a garden expand into an anxious global picture there’s a bird in a tree in the garden a small tree in a small garden Continue reading...Saturday, January 25, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
Too dark, too cold – winter’s charms aren’t as obvious as summer’s brassy joys. But for Robert Macfarlane, Alice Oswald, Poppy Okotcha and others, this is a rich season. Here, they offer ways to lean into it, with an introduction by...Thursday, January 23, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
Part of a gifted generation of writers from Northern Ireland, Longley also gave years of service to the province’s arts council Northern Irish poet Michael Longley, whom Seamus Heaney described as “a custodian of griefs and wonders”, has...Thursday, January 23, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
Belfast poet of exceptional poise and eloquence – but with a sardonic streak to temper his technical accomplishment In 1994, when rumours of an IRA ceasefire began to circulate, Michael Longley sat down and wrote what came to be regarded...Thursday, January 23, 2025 from Poetry | The Guardian
Daniel Pioro/Manchester Camerata/Michael Morpurgo (Platoon) The violinist’s rethinking of Vivaldi’s best known work includes four new poems by (and read by) Michael Morpurgo but, placed together at the start of the disc, the music and...Saturday, September 12, 2020 from Poetry
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through collects the work of more than 160 poets. "A poem opens up time, it opens up memory, it opens up place," says Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate.Monday, March 2, 2020 from Poetry Magazine
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