He believed that literary traditions mattered and regarded poetic form as something embedded in historical moments and places. His poetry, as this volume demonstrates, engaged richly and ...

Six leading poets introduce and read some of their best-known poetry for children. There are two additional selections of classic poems read by Maxine Peake and Julian Rhind-Tutt.

(JTA) – “Benediction,” a new biopic of the British anti-war poet Siegfried Sassoon, opens with a Sassoon poem called “Concert Interpretation.” In it, the author describes a British ...

The hunt is on for a city's best poet – but writers only have until midnight to put themselves forward for the ...

A one-man show that re-creates Die Hard in rhyme and is also a rom-com: That’s the gist of British playwright-poet Richard Marsh’s takeoff on the iconic 1988 Bruce Willis action flick.

It could even foster a new affinity with (and love of) English. Poets such as Danez Smith, Richard Scott, Fran Lock and Joelle Taylor all write about sexuality and the body in ways that have ...

The BBC on Wednesday celebrates 100 years of a weather forecast for sailors in British waters that has inspired musicians and ...