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Igniting the Spark
In a quiet corner, a small group gathers. They joke and laugh together as cups of tea are handed out…
Featured Poem: Answer To A Child’s Question by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In previous Featured Poem posts I have discussed the fact that I am most definitely, 100%, a nocturnal kind of…
Thomas Hardy ‘He Never Expected Much’ Poem Animation
Here's a virtual movie of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy reading 'He Never Expected Much', a sweet little light hearted…
Summer Solstice
Post by Leila Green, Communications Intern at TRO. Night appeared to arrive earlier last night. At 10.05pm I was nearing…
Loving the local booksellers
There's a programme currently on weekly on BBC2 entitled Mary Queen of Shops (a bit of a guilty pleasure, I must…
Art Meets Print
This is not to say that one should judge a book by its cover but, if you like a good…
Featured Poem: The Wind Blew Words by Thomas Hardy
On a recent trip to the cinema I went to see Letters To Juliet, the latest in a line of…
Alfred Lord Tennyson ‘Blow Bugle Blow’ Poem Animation Movie
Here's a virtual movie of the great Alfred Lord Tennyson reading his poem 'Blow Bugle Blow'. The sound recording was…
Going Gaga…(just for a while)
I usually write here about reading and poetry (often with a considerable dash of random thoughts and musings thrown in…
Featured Poem: Summer by Amy Lowell
It seems like only five minutes ago that I was greeting the Winter Solstice, and with it the arrival of…
Twittering on about world-changing books
I'm not sure how many of The Reader Online's devoted readers use Twitter exactly (for those who do, are you…
A Miracle
In the heated theological debate about whether a miracle is a temporary suspension of natural law, or whether Some Higher…
