Full of sound and faërie

Poetry that blends music, mortality and fame

FROM LORCA: THE DRAWINGS BY HELEN OPPENHEIMER (1987) ...

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

With their potent blend of wild looks and mystery, Britain’s ancient sites have an enduring magnetism–and there are far more of them than you might imagine, says Tom Howells

The playful, melancholic genius of Erik Satie

William Blake, Samuel Palmer and Beatrix Potter all inspired Maurice Sendak, as demonstrated by a sale of his own drawings and those he collected