Lioness of god

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Literature

Lioness of God

The sixtieth anniversary ‘heritage’ edition of Ariel

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The TLS Magazine

03 October, 2025

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Poetry in motion

You wouldn’t guess from the cover design—three songbirds silhouetted over swatches of picturesque Englishness—but Catherine Clarke’s A History of England in 25 Poems hits one of its sweet spots with a

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In brief

Alice Loxton EleanorA 200-mile walk in search of England’slost queen352pp. Pan Macmillan. £22. Many are commemorated in stone, but few so grandly as Eleanor of Castile (d. 1290). Following her unexpec

The Critic

Life, imaginary love and forbidden lust

Blinding: The Left Wing Mircea Cǎrtǎrescu, trans. by ...

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Anon and on

Catherine Clarke A History of England in 25 Poems400pp. Allen Lane. £25. Mark Forsyth Rhyme and ReasonA short history of poetry and people (forpeople who don’t usually read poetry)368pp. Allen & Unwin