poetry
Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’
Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’
With his term as children’s laureate at a close, the novelist and screenwriter looks back on a lucky life of storytelling
Letters: ‘Shirley Manson is right. Misogyny isn’t one issue – it’s the root that so many grow out of’
Letters: ‘Shirley Manson is right. Misogyny isn’t one issue – it’s the root that so many grow out of’
Big Issue readers have their say on Shirley Manson’s Letter To My Younger Self
A Poet In Every Port: The project bringing poetry to the UK’s coasts
A Poet In Every Port: The project bringing poetry to the UK’s coasts
Poetry can help give a place identity and pride, say poets involved in the Southbank Centre’s new project
Roger McGough: ‘Poetry is within all of us’
Roger McGough: ‘Poetry is within all of us’
Remembering a friend with The Fall, sequins, and a poem
Remembering a friend with The Fall, sequins, and a poem
A poem of defiance for Renee Good, the woman killed by ICE
A poem of defiance for Renee Good, the woman killed by ICE
Top 5 female poets chosen by author, anthologist and editor Fiona Waters
Top 5 female poets chosen by author, anthologist and editor Fiona Waters
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’
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’
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
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
Labour’s benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it
Labour’s benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it
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
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
Poetry is perfect for my ADHD mind – one that is after endless dopamine hits
