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Navigating nonsense
In this absurd tale of adventure on the high seas, the only map available is a 'perfect and absolute blank'
Jun 13
'As if my brain had split'
A short poem on what emotional upheavals feel like in the head
Jun 6
May 2025
Master-mistress of my passion
The seductive gender fluidity of Shakespeare's Sonnet 20
May 30
When the weather is so nice, but you have to study for exams...
Christopher Robin's approach might be just the thing
May 23
Florence Nightingale and Mrs Dalloway
This week we mark International Nurses Day with an excerpt from a speech by Ur-nurse Florence Nightingale. We also celebrate the 100th birthday of…
May 16
'A live coal in the sea'
Can sins be redeemed? In this late medieval dream vision, personifications of the Seven Deadly Sins attend Confession, guided by Reason and…
May 9
'If eyes were made for seeing...'
This poem records a moment in May when the poet spots a rhododendron blossoming, heralding spring in all its glory and prompting some unforgettable…
May 2
April 2025
A triumph of 'genius and audacity'
An American story about a clever and resourceful woman who improves her family's living arrangements
Apr 25
Hurrah for 'dappled things'
Gerard Manley Hopkins pays tribute to the speckled, the spotted, the stippled, and the mottled...just the thing if you've ever bemoaned your freckles
Apr 18
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Apr 16
A truly superior lake
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft's poem is a lyrical exploration of a body of water that is bigger than Austria (and almost as big as Portugal!)
Apr 11
Tiger or tortoise?
A little advice from Virginia Woolf on the art of reading well
Apr 4
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