poetry
Top 5 female poets chosen by author, anthologist and editor Fiona Waters
Top 5 female poets chosen by author, anthologist and editor Fiona Waters
Poetry steeped in faith, compassion, family and nature
Tim Key: ‘Christmas will be drinks next to the wheelie bins opposite Costcutter’
Tim Key: ‘Christmas will be drinks next to the wheelie bins opposite Costcutter’
Tim Key has had an amazing year with The Ballad Of Wallis Island and The Paper
Kae Tempest: ‘Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy’
Kae Tempest: ‘Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy’
Music was an all-consuming escape. Now, every song he writes is a love song
You get a good class of conversation in the back of a Glasgow taxi
You get a good class of conversation in the back of a Glasgow taxi
Cult poet Martin Newell: ‘I am the good granddad of rock ‘n’ roll’
Cult poet Martin Newell: ‘I am the good granddad of rock ‘n’ roll’
If we are to defeat fascists, we have to move forward with love
If we are to defeat fascists, we have to move forward with love
Poet Rowan McCabe didn’t know his neighbours. So he went door to door writing poems for them
Poet Rowan McCabe didn’t know his neighbours. So he went door to door writing poems for them
Wildfire, cheese, tap dancing and buses: Robin Ince’s Edinburgh Fringe 2025
Wildfire, cheese, tap dancing and buses: Robin Ince’s Edinburgh Fringe 2025
The Edinburgh Fringe was making me feel bleak – until I went on a hunt for joy
The Edinburgh Fringe was making me feel bleak – until I went on a hunt for joy
Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon review – defiant poetry
Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon review – defiant poetry
Top 5 books about climate grief, chosen by Aerth author Deborah Tomkins
Top 5 books about climate grief, chosen by Aerth author Deborah Tomkins
This pharmacy prescribes words and poems to cure your tattered soul
This pharmacy prescribes words and poems to cure your tattered soul
At Laugharne, I’m reminded there’s no room for complacency when love is our goal
At Laugharne, I’m reminded there’s no room for complacency when love is our goal
Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway
Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway
Kneecap’s DJ Próvaí shares powerful poem to mark St Patrick’s Day
Kneecap’s DJ Próvaí shares powerful poem to mark St Patrick’s Day
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport
Poet Lemn Sissay: ‘I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success’
Poet Lemn Sissay: ‘I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success’
Top 5 books in rhyme, chosen by children’s author Vicky Cowie
Top 5 books in rhyme, chosen by children’s author Vicky Cowie
How Dante’s grudges, gossip and pettiness still inspire hundreds of years on
How Dante’s grudges, gossip and pettiness still inspire hundreds of years on
Poetry is perfect for my ADHD mind – one that is after endless dopamine hits
Poetry is perfect for my ADHD mind – one that is after endless dopamine hits
Scotland’s national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism
Scotland’s national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism
Punk poet John Cooper Clarke: ‘The drugs? Well, obviously keep away from all that s**t’
Punk poet John Cooper Clarke: ‘The drugs? Well, obviously keep away from all that s**t’
‘A man of integrity’: Tributes pour in after writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65
‘A man of integrity’: Tributes pour in after writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65
Artist and poet Chris Bird: My art is an attempt to create hope and beauty in the everyday
