29 Sep 2025 - 1:01am

Literary biographies are on life support Who cares about Tennyson today?

Boyd Tonkin

14.08

Why megaliths still wield power They’re immune to human indignities

Alexander Poots

04.09

Will Trump make me Poet Laureate? American poetry is mostly drivel

David Mamet

22.05

John Betjeman had the last laugh Forty years after his death, he still wields influence

Jonathan Glancey

14.03

Why chicks still dig Byronic heroes The poet's heirs have none of his wit

Sam Leith

02.11

George Michael’s longing for oblivion He shares Emil Cioran's gift for jesting with despair

Lias Saoudi

07.06

Was New Atheism a mistake? Richard Dawkins on God, vaccines and his poetic spirit

Freddie Sayers

05.06

Is anyone at home in Northern Ireland? An ambiguous identity is productive for writers

Aris Roussinos

01.06

Poetry has lost its violence Censorious prudes miss the point of art

Justin Smith-Ruiu

22.12

Why Occultists don’t believe in progress W.B. Yeats's 'A Vision'

John Michael Greer

11.11

John Milton’s free speech crusade His vision of liberty is more potent than ever

Andrew Doyle

09.08

Philip Larkin was a filthy genius Sordid ambiguities come with being human

Nicholas Harris