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Cheltenham Literature Festival: The Otherness of Helen Mirren
Not unfamiliar to a regal presence, yesterday Cheltenham played host to one of Britain's most admired leading female actors, Dame…

Poppy Shakespeare Giveaway
Back in July we highlighted Poppy Shakespeare by Clare Allan as one of our 'recommended reads' (To read the recommendation…

Cheltenham Literature Festival: The Saga of the Broken Glass and the Missing Rucksack
My day at the festival started with a walk across Cheltenham's Imperial Square in the quiet sunshine of an autumnal…

Featured Article: Brian Nellist on Scott
Just added to the Features Page, an article by Brian Nellist from the very first issue of The Reader, over…

Cheltenham Literature Festival: Shakespeare
Yesterday, my day at the festival was bridged by two events that could not have provided two more different insights…

Cheltenham Literature Festival: Reports from The Writers’ Room
So what's it like in the Writers' Room on the first Saturday of the festival? In a word, busy. I…

Cheltenham Literature Festival: Life Lines
Life Lines is an audio poetry anthology of some of the best poets writing in the English language today, including…

Cheltenham Literature Festival: What’s in a name?
My first evening at the festival started with a conversation with an older lady who had got up to let…

Featured Poem: The Stone Beach
In the last of our poetry recommendations for this week Reader outreach worker and Reader Online editor Katie Peters chooses…

Cheltenham Literature Festival: Eric Hobsbawm
I have just heard Eric Hobsbawm, amongst the first of the speakers at this year's festival, talking at length about…

Cheltenham Literature Festival: The Inner Sanctum
In the first of her reports from the Cheltenham Literature Festival Jen Tomkins picks up her press pack and gets…

Featured Poem: Morning Mudslinging
Marion Leibl has chosen 'Morning Mudslinging' by Erich Fried as our featured poem for today. She writes: 'Sometimes I meet…