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Review by Chris Routledge Brian Turner's Here, Bullet is a collection of poems about the war in Iraq. It draws…

We're stretching the definition of 'poem' a little bit this week to enjoy this famous speech from Christopher Marlowe's The…

A call from the University's press office at noon on a Friday is not a particularly usual occurrence. 'We're after…

from A Shropshire Lad, A.E.Housman II. Loveliest of Trees Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along…

Japan and I have something in common. We both share an obsessive streak that runs to mania about Alice in…

April 23 is UNESCO World Book Day and over at the Kenyon Review Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky has a gloriously hangdog post…

I am unable to comment on the similarity between the facility shown in this film and the offices of The…

News today from Wirral Libraries that Roger Lyon from BBC Radio Merseyside will be appearing to talk about Robert Tressell's political…

Some writers claim to be able to write when drunk and a few even claim it helps. I'm not one…

Kimberley Long is a former volunteer at The Reader who is currently teaching English in Japan. After making my way…

Wordsworth's poem 'Lucy Gray' (1799) is one of his best known. Reading it recently with my daughter--who is fascinated with…

Tony Harrison is one of my favourite poets. His writing is muscular and forceful yet manages also to be moving…