When Your Friend is Diagnosed with Cancer

If you have a friend who is diagnosed with cancer, the best thing to do in terms of what to … More

Lifesaving Poems: Rutger Kopland’s ‘I Cavalli di Leonardo’

I was sad to read yesterday via Twitter that the leading Dutch poet Rutger Kopland has died, aged 77. He … More

This week saw the death of poet and Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szmborska. She was 88. Her compatriot Czeslaw Milosz described … More

There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps. A palliative nurse who has counselled the dying in their … More

With Only One Life Hold with both hands The tray of every day And pass in turn Along this … More

I went to see a play recently, set in the early 20th century, where a man sat in his office … More

Can our family escape the tyranny of the screen? Stephen Carrick-Davies’s son suggested a non-screen day every week. The family … More

Ann Gray and I were chatting the other day. We were trying to decide how long we had known each … More

If you write poetry (and I assume that if you do, you are also actively engaged in reading … More

Love Listen Let’s love, listen, take time when time is all we have. Let’s be unafraid to be kind, learn … More