David Lammy is the Labour MP for Tottenham. He made the speech and took the stand that many of us…
Lots of chatter about the fresh faces, diversity and new perspectives of the incoming class in the House of Representatives.…
The case against grades and grading has been so clearly made that it is time to turn the tables. Why…
Rain is no respecter of persons the snow doesn't give a soft white damn Whom it touches -e.e. cummings, Viva,…
The Old Year The Old Year's gone away To nothingness and night: We cannot find him all the day Nor…
No snow where I am at the moment but here's a poem to enjoy now and also tuck away to…
Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today is moving to the Musée d'Orsay in Paris but you…
I mostly associate the artist Saul Steinberg with the work he did for The New Yorker and the last time…
It was Clive Bennett who got me traveling down this particular track. He's a real birder and maintains a wonderful…
Lament In December December’s come and all is dead; Weep, woods, for summer far has sped And leaves rot in…
"I have too many books but I only have my shelf to blame." The pun came via Twitter. As does…
I'm early but the staffroom is already blue with smoke and full of strangers who know each other. A row…
There's the fog of war and there's the poetry of fog. A recent heavy mist in my patch of the…
What use is poetry? .... We have poetry So we do not die of history. - Meena Alexander I like poems…