They are pieces of the skin of the poet and outrager of society, Lord George Gordon Byron, awaiting pilgrims in a brand new museum in the city where he spent most of his last years, with the last ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

The Thousand and One Nights is an ‘infinite text’: it has no fixed shape or length, no known author and is transformed with each new translation. In this first episode of Fiction and the Fantastic, ...

Behind his facade, Wilson could anonymously abuse his friend Wordsworth and, in a later issue of the magazine, write a letter of complaint against himself for libelling so great a poet. John Wilson ...

I believe that reading poetry is an important way to commemorate these victims because it is such a personal form. The events of the Holocaust are familiar to many people as dates and numbers.

Irish poet Michael Longley has died aged 85. The acclaimed poet was born in Belfast in July 1939 and lived in the city until his death. Mr Longley went to school at Royal Belfast Academical ...

Nottingham City Council's museums and galleries service manages Newstead Abbey, the ancestral home of poet Lord Byron, and started developing a programme of repairs last year. The authority has ...

Ahead of Republic Day 2025, we have compiled a list of patriotic poems that you can consider reciting at your school celebrations. Check out the poems here that highlight the spirit of Republic Day.

Belfast-born writer Michael Longley has been remembered as “one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced” following his death aged 85. Tributes have been paid to the poet ...

Michael Longley, one of Ireland’s leading poets, died on Wednesday night in Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital following a short illness. His 13 collections have received many awards ...

Tributes have been paid to the acclaimed Belfast-born poet Michael Longley, who has died at the age of 85. The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins said he regarded him "as a peerless poet" and ...

An intense morning storm has crossed the Northern Rivers district of NSW and parts of Queensland’s Gold Coast, delivering intense rainfall and extremely strong wind gusts. The storm roared in from the ...