The voice of a female golden age

How Chaucer reshaped English poetry

One of the greatest challenges for a poet is to find something new to say. It’s all been said before. Any poet who manages to find a truly original subject should keep very quiet about it, write the p

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

In July 1575, Robert Dudley enlisted mythological figures to convince Elizabeth I to wed him. Exactly 450 years later, artist Lindsey Mendick reveals how and why she reinterpreted their encounter in her installation for Kenilworth Castle

What makes a novel of ideas?

The poet’s exasperation with his provincial upbringing