John Clare’s tombstone in Helpston declares that ‘A poet is born not made,’ echoing sentiments expressed during his lifetime. In 1822 the Eclectic Review noted that ‘such a poet as John Clare, ...
At the first interval in the Berlin Staatsoper’s new production of La Vestale, the man to my right turned to me ...
My boss at the bookshop has said he would sell AI novels if there were clear demand and clear labelling. We ...
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‘An Invite to Eternity’ begins with ‘dark obscurity’, ‘sad non-identity’ and hellish visionary scenes (‘Where stones will ...
Earlier at her party Simon Shaw had seemed a little excited when I met up with him. Was that sexual interest? – but what did ...
Lula raised the budget for school lunches, improved access to higher education and free medication, and increased ...
Fredric Jameson seemed to me to have read absolutely everything. He was the very antithesis of the intellectual type ...
Andy Burnham will soon become the UK’s seventh prime minister since 2010 and will face many of the same problems that defeated his predecessors, not least the UK’s stubbornly weak economy. To dissect ...
The title, Switzy, is a flippant nickname for Switzerland, a place like old age: snow-topped, dim and cold. Emma ...
He also directed the homeland security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, to make a list of ‘confirmed’ citizens eligible to vote ...
By ‘signs in the heavens’, the Spirit would make known to him ‘when I should commence the great work ... and slay my enemies ...