The virtue of verse
How seriously are we to take the meaning of poetry? George Watson considers the costs of seeing poetry as largely spontaneous and self-expressive
How seriously are we to take the meaning of poetry? George Watson considers the costs of seeing poetry as largely spontaneous and self-expressive
Terry Neill is a governor of London Business School and co-chair of the external advisory board of the Trinity Long Room Hub. "Within the arts and humanities," he says, "there's an extraordinary body...
Professor’s dream as a student is realised as library launches first five volumes in bilingual series
Anton Chekhov - Chekhov - Anton Chekhov at the Moscow Art Theatre
The death of his father prompts Nicholas Till to consider the interconnectedness of things
Gary Day on a new biography that breathes some life into the war poet
The Seven Basic Plots
William Blake and the Impossible History of the 1790s
Dale Salwak explains how he removes the obstacles that prevent his students connecting with the greatest writer in the English language, allowing them to fall under the Bard's spell
The Oxford English Literary History, Volume 12
The Irresponsible Self
Nicholas Royle on the rise of creative writing and the need for fresh forms of ‘creative reading’
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Wild Boy
John Williams’ novel about the careworn life of an obscure US academic deserves its belated success, Christopher Bigsby writes
John Clare