Milton’s epic recounts a revolt against Heaven. Readers from Thomas Jefferson to Malcolm X have drawn their own lessons from ...

Kaplan’s expropriating the title of his most famous poem for “Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis.” The decline of the ...

Not just one of the finest songs from a musical, but one of the finest songs of the 21st century full stop, ‘Summertime’ is George ... of TS Eliot’s feline-focussed poetry – the Ivor ...

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...

This episode was first broadcast in 2023 as part of the Church Times Poetry Podcast for Lent series. “Paternoster” is published in Jen Hadfield’s collection Nigh-No-Place (Bloodaxe Books, 2008), which ...

And that’s when I remember the existence of George Eliot. Add it to the list, I suppose… This kind of open fretting, I suspect, is far from the insouciance usually demanded by the culture. Much like ...

A hundred years after the birth of Flannery O’Connor, her South, as well as the rest of America, is less “Christ-haunted,” as ...

All the latest news and pictures of Prince George (Alexander Louis) of Wales, the first-born son to Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton, and older brother to Princess Charlotte and Prince ...

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads ...

Broadway’s 2024-25 season has gotten off to a rather extraordinarily fine start, from the wildly popular and hysterically funny Oh, Mary! to the fabulous splash of Death Becomes Her and the wonderful ...

As a poet he has published three collections well worthy of shelf space on any self-respecting bookcase, including 2019’s TS Eliot Prize shortlisted After the Formalities, and 2022’s RSL Ondaatje ...