A salve for the soul

A soulful journaling practice that helps you find clarity, shift perspective, and reconnect with yourself, one turn at a time

How to write poetry that speaks your truth, even if you’re a complete beginner

Deborah Alma, also known as The Emergency Poet, runs therapy sessions using the power of poems

You have the universe in your hair and the stars on your brow. I would wrap you up in heaven’s rainbow cloak, But I am a poor man. My only currency is hope. You are like an orchard abundant with fruit

National treasure Pam Ayres reflects on the enduring power of poetry and why it’s reaching record numbers of people

Novels, for me, have come from somewhere I wasn’t looking. In my twenties I was carrying an idea about a woman wandering around Ireland on a quest she didn’t understand and I sat in the Reading Room o