Frieda Hughes to publish weekly poem in Independent
The Independent online newspaper has launched a new poetry column featuring an original poem each week by Frieda Hughes. The daughter of the former poet laureate Ted Hughes, and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet Sylvia Plath, has written eight poetry collections.
She once told a BBC programme about the moment when she discovered that both her parents were on her O-level syllabus. She ran...
27th August 2023
Thinking of Seamus Heaney as tenth anniversary of his death nears
Nobel laurate Seamus Heaney’s final words to his wife were "Noli timere ... do not be afraid", sent in a text message from his hospital bed, his son, Michael, revealed at his funeral 10 years ago. Heaney’s death was an event that shook the poetry world to its core, with Maurice Riordan, the-then edi...
23rd August 2023
City's 'Bard' John Cooper Clarke granted Freedom of Salford
John Cooper Clarke, known for many years as the ‘Bard of Salford’, has had his status officially recognised by the city where he was born and raised. Salford council has granted him the Freedom of the...
14th August 2023
Popshot literary quarterly to end print operation
The quarterly literary magazine Popshot, which has been publishing poetry, flash fiction and short stories for over 10 years, has announced that it is ending print operations. The magazine said that “...
13th August 2023
Nigel Planer to publish poetry he's been writing for 50 years
The actor, writer and musician Nigel Planer – best known for playing hippie Neil in the BBC comedy The Young Ones – is to publish a poetry collection and memoir. Making Other Plans, as in “poetry is w...
12th August 2023
