Vive la difference: Tennyson's heirs and Thatcher's children
A poetry society that claims Tennyson as an early member and that lists Sir John Betjeman and Cecil Day-Lewis as past presidents launched its latest anthology on Wednesday night, while "an unholy trinity" of performance poets later demonstrated the breadth of Cheltenham poetry festival. Cheltenham Poetry Society’s Beyond the Well-Mapped Provinces includes work by David Ashbee, Robin Gilbert, Sh...
2nd May 2013
Counter-attack: poets with disabilities speak out at festival
Two poets with disabilities who read together at Cheltenham poetry festival on Monday night have linked up to run an online campaign against the firm used by the government to help determine whether people are able to work. Mark Burnhope, pictured, and Daniel Sluman, are with Sophie Mayer involve...
26th April 2013
Beatlemania and Dylanology at poetry festival
It is no exaggeration to say that a minor outbreak of Beatlemania occurred on Sunday night in an upstairs room within the normally sedate confines of Cheltenham. Members of the older generation in...
23rd April 2013
