It’s surely something to celebrate that the most famous Scot in world history is a poet. Royalty and dictators get far too much attention as ...

UNESCO named March 21 World Poetry Day. Since then, it has been celebrated every year and recognized by those who value ...

The discovery of Richard III's skeleton beneath a council car park in Leicester in 2012 stunned both the academic and wider ...

Across four venues, Sadler’s Wells will present a varied programme of dance for all ages in April. English National Ballet visit Sadler’s Wells twice in April – first at Sadler’s Wells Theatre with ...

Co-directed by Game of Thrones actor Ben Crompton, the new film 'Snow White: The Sacrifice' is a dark and gothic twist on the ...

With words by former poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, the film is narrated by Sarah Parish, known for Mistresses, Cutting It and satirical BBC mockumentary W1A. Told from the point of view of the ...

the kind of poetry that lends itself to being read out loud, so no stupid Carol Ann Duffy or Seamus Heaney – throughout their time at school. And reading can mean just listening. Last week we ...

The FitzRoy area was Finisterre until 2002, when its renaming inadvertently invalidated the final couplet of Carol Ann Duffy’s evocative Prayer: “Darkness outside. Inside, the radio’s prayer ...