30
Jun
2018
LETTER FROM THE PAST: CATALHOYUK, ANATOLIA to the people of Syria
We heard the news where you are; war and rumours of war. It’s not far, just across the border. Bad news travels... Read More
21
Oct
2017
VILLANELLES AND OTHER VERSE FORMS
Having recently read the American poet Elizabeth Bishop’s moving villanelle, One Art, written in 1976 after the ending of her relationship with... Read More
3
Jul
2017
WRITING SHORT STORIES
These notes have been shamelessly culled from notes other people have written about writing short stories – they have been squeezed to... Read More
1
Jun
2015
FASHIONS IN POETRY
Every child in the land knows a poem or two. It might be a simple child’s skipping rhyme, a nursery rhyme, counting... Read More