Poetry
Should we take Kingsley Amis more seriously as a poet?
The acclaimed novelist harboured dreams of writing verse
Fishing with Ted Hughes
A new memoir finds the poet in a world of rivers, rods, and reels
Seductive, scholarly life of the poet-priest
This new biography of John Donne brings the centuries-dead poet to life
A trip to Heaney country
The fiftieth anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s Wintering Out is a chance to recognise the importance of place to his poetry
A most unreliable culture warrior
Not reactionary, just drawn that way
Diversity north of Dundee
A Highlands culture war
Glaring omissions of a whistle-stop tour
Carey is the tour guide of a magnificent villa telling of the wonders that lie beyond a closed door
Poetry matters
When poetry is sold as nothing more inspiring than literary politics, is it any surprise the poetry shelves in Waterstones are so dusty?
Rhyme or reason
Poetry doesn’t need to be useful
Cheeky blinder
Isobel Williams’s treatment of selected poems is literary charcuterie, as neat as it is naughty