The filth and the fury – Tony Harrison’s v.
As BBC Radio 4 broadcasted a 25th anniversary version of .v, read by Harrison himself, the event rekindled the media’s …
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Wish You Were Here – Tamar Yoseloff’s The City With Horns
It doesn’t take long to contract cultural flu in Rome. ‘That fountain’s by Bernini, you say? Show me one which …
And God Created Woman – Stephanie Leal’s Metrophobia
As the Authorized Version of the Bible came off the press in 1611, the poet, Aemilia Lanyer, was not prepared …
The whole of the moon – Where Rockets Burn Through, edited by Russell Jones
In the days when video games were packaged in cassette boxes, their lurid covers promised adolescents the sort of ultra-violence …
Animal Lover – Eleanor Rees’ Eliza and the Bear
During the day, our cathedrals rarely feel like spiritual places: the turnstiles, shops and tea rooms in the narthex are …
The last day of our acquaintance – Sharon Olds’ Stag’s Leap
Titian – Venus and Adonis (detail) – (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In his Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare’s goddess attempts to seduce the …
Poetry by Heart
Poetry by Heart is a recitation competition which launches in British schools this month. The competition, funded in part by …
Living in a box – Sean Borodale’s Bee Journal
It began as an idle thrumbing, blending with the shiver of the branches. The path ahead looked the same as …
The Unforgettable Fire – Anthony Owen’s My Father’s Eyes Were Blue
As we’d travelled to Würzburg to visit friends, there had been no mugging up in a guidebook beforehand. It felt …
Ruined in a day – Jacob Polley’s The Havocs
Alan Bennett‘s new play, People, closes with the line ‘Let lost be lost. Let gone be gone, and not fetched back.’ …
