A lesson to learn

How Chaucer reshaped English poetry

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

Ambiguous loss is different from other sorts of loss. What is it, when does it happen and how can we learn to live with it?

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

SATURDAYS were no fun when Mum was on shift. She’d made it clear that while she was at the hospital, whoever was left in the house was expected to get on with all the jobs that had to be done. Today t

July’s magazine featured a review of Max Hastings’s book Sword: D-Day Trial by Battle, alongside an iconic photograph of British troops. That image has featured so many times in articles and TV shows