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Pulse Cynan Jones (Granta, £14.99) Saints Tim MacGabhann ...
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,
Best books… Richard Holmes The biographer chooses five ...
December round-up Although he’s been writing and performing for many years, Donald WG Lindsay might come across as a bold new Scottish talent on Two Boats Under the Moon, his excellent two-disc debut
Ben Sixsmith on Podcasts ● KEIR STARMER WON ...