At the 2025 Dubai Edition, Samita was honored for redefining English education through inspired teaching, critical dialogue, and learner-centered excellence.

The last letter of Mary, Queen of Scots goes on display in 2026 for the first time in almost a decade. Deposed from her ...

Geoffrey Chaucer has been called the father of English poetry and the greatest poet in English before Shakespeare. He is best known for The Canterbury Tales, stories told by a band of pilgrims on ...

A spoken word poet whose work was used during London's New Year's Eve fireworks display said he was "flabbergasted" by having ...

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of ...

Both of these pieces depict a writer’s first hand experience of visiting an establishment where food is served. In the cookery book extract from the 19th century, Soyer visits a house in a poor area ...

Will we still be speaking in an English we recognise in a thousand years' time? Alice and Neil make some educated guesses!

The Boston poet has long been recognized as the first person of African descent in North America to publish a book.

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “In the Waiting Room,” by Elizabeth Bishop, and her own poem “Love Poem Like We Used to Write It.” The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss ...

Poetry Now uses excerpts from recent poetry collections as a springboard for discussions about the current craft and context of contemporary poetry, as well as for prompts for your own work. Each week ...

When COVID lockdown loomed back in 2020, many people panic-bought toilet rolls – but I stocked up on notebooks and my favourite pencils. I had been inspired by the writing of Austrian poet Rainer ...