Four views of modern maternity

Do I miss having babies? I don’t think I do. It’s been a quarter of a century since I’ve had crumbled biscuits, loose Crayola crayons and leaking drinks cartons rattling around in my bag. Now, I often

ONE OF THE MOST GRIMLY FUNNY POEMS OF the past century is Philip Larkin’s “This Be the Verse,” with its opening salvo about how our parents invariably mess us up. Larkin used a saltier word for “mess,

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Literary news and reviews with a local flavour

After an incredibly difficult birth and a challenging start to motherhood, Brigitte had a brilliant idea…