Seeing is believing

A round-up of recent poetry books

The Möbius Book Catherine Lacey (Granta, £16.99) ...

What makes a novel of ideas?

The poet’s exasperation with his provincial upbringing

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

To See Ourselves: A Personal History of Scotland ...