Lifesaving Lines: Spring, by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Our tiny minds blown by ‘The Wreck of the Deutschland’, ‘Spelt From Sibyl’s Leaves’ and ‘As Kingfisher’s Catch Fire’, we … More

Falling in love with Holub’s ‘Love’

I was lucky. I was taught English in one of those classrooms with complete sets of A Taste of Honey, … More

I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More