Coming home to Aldeburgh

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. Robert Frost … More

The People of the Other Village, by Thomas Lux

One of the poets I am most looking forward to listening to at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival in November is … More

Never having succeeded at school, I’ve always thought of poetry as the holidays, not term time. Hugo Williams In November … More

Morning on Earth Morning on earth, light snow, and just when it was so warm, practically spring. But the thermometer … More

I heard Michael Symmons Roberts give a magisterial reading from his book Drysalter recently. It was exemplary on so many levels, not … More

In February, 1999 I was sitting in a car park with Naomi Jaffa when she asked me what I … More

Photo Credit: Tatiana Wilson You make the thing because you love the thing and you love the thing because someone … More

In the spring of 1999 I got the best education in poetry I have ever had. I was in Suffolk, … More

The first thing I do when a new copy of The North, Rialto or Smiths Knoll lands on the doormat … More

Photo: Derek Adams Some writers influence you through the pull of their imagination on your work, opening up new worlds … More