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This re-sensitizing to nature has had a profound effect on me. On a recent trip to China I realized, something…
Adriana Hunter on the artistic rewards of literary translation. Adriana Hunter explores the art of literary translation and considers why…
I wouldn’t like to work in a coffee-shop, as many do, with the raucous spurting of the espresso machine, and…
Freya Stark travelled widely in Luristan, Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Syria and Iraq, and was the first Western woman to journey…
Julia Copus speaks with Ann Morgan about her varied career, courage and poetic innovation. Julia Copus speaks with Ann Morgan…
These poems are never conventionally published: they skittle through the air into the hearts of whoever’s present, as gifts. These…
The new editor gave us a long list of do’s and don’ts… I still don’t know why semicolons offend the…
A friend gave me a very elegant ladies writing desk. But it was designed for a time when ladies sat…
Lawrence Sail explores how some famous writers have tackled the subject of ageing. Lawrence Sail reflects on his experience of…
My friend the anarchist poet said he had no sympathy for anyone who used a computer. You plant the dragon…
I take to the stage at book festivals around the country, doing around twenty to thirty chairing gigs a year.…
Penny Boxall seeks inspiration at Laurence Sterne’s Shandy Hall, and Jonathan Edwards introduces the poet WH Davies. Penny Boxall seeks…
