When Seamus stood up and read the poem ... generosity and love for the very earth and rocks of that island—millions of Irish people were convinced that Seamus Heaney embodied it.

Caitlin writes, “When Seamus stood up and read the poem ... about Heaney, Caitlin is also writing about relationships, kindness, and the indelible impression the people we love leave on ...

As an English teacher, one of my favourite poems to teach, to pupils of almost all ages, is Chinua Achebe’s ‘Vultures’. In ...

In Seamus Heaney’s own words, ‘I can’t think of a case where poems changed the world ... Press), his story of a tense and mesmerising love triangle. Nicola Dinan won the Polari First ...

I had a column titled Poems by Heart. The column drew responses from many readers, which I will publish in due course. (Thank ...

Bel Mooney picks the best Poetry collections of this year, all of which would make perfect gifts this Christmas, ...

The poem I really should commit to memory is Seamus Heaney’s “Postscript ... He was shocked by the quality of my reading, the love in it, and I was grateful that he then understood ...

In the final episode of Political Poems, Mark and Seamus discuss ‘Little Gidding’, the fourth poem of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. Emerging out of Eliot’s experiences of the Blitz, ‘Little Gidding’ ...

Today we launch The Telegraph’s fifth annual poetry competition ... or follow a family-member through time, as Seamus Heaney does in Digging, skipping through the decades in a single line ...

For our December event we have arranged a screening of the 1970 film Ulster in Focus: A Christmas Garland. We will also be looking at some of the Christmas cards made and sent by Heaney.