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New, hopeful arrangements
Castaway poet Christopher Arksey chooses poems by Philip Larkin, Christopher Reid and U.A. Fanthorpe to take to his desert island.
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May 2026
Pitch-perfect poems for young readers
Annie Fisher reviews ‘Aardvark Day’ by Victoria Gatehouse, iIllustrated by Kate Lucy Foster (The Emma Press, 2026)
May 29
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So with use and age comes depth and resonance
Hilary Menos on the evolution and writing of her new pamphlet 'Vox Wah-Wah' (New Walk Editions, 2026)
May 22
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Beyond the Bubble
Matthew Stewart asks how poetry can reach out to a wider readership
May 17
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Half a page, half a page onward
Three Friday Poems for you from our Archive, one from Meg Peacocke, one from Mark Granier and one from Kathy Pimlott.
May 15
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The dear improbability of Gillian Allnutt
Helena Nelson reviews 'lode' by Gillian Allnutt (Bloodaxe Books, 2025)
May 8
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Holding on against the ebb
Christopher James reviews 'Whatever You Do, Just Don’t' by Matthew Stewart (HappenStance Press, 2023).
May 7
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Pearls are stars on the night of your skin
Bruno Cooke cycles through the town of Joal-Fadiouth in Senegal and discovers Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegal’s first president, and a poet
May 1
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April 2026
It’s written and can’t be amended, this book
Charlotte Gann reviews 'The Long Habit of Living' by M.R. Peacocke (HappenStance, 2021)
Apr 27
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The Understory Conversation: Building Connection
Charlotte Gann talks about her new project, The Understory Conversation, which sets out to provide small safe places where like-minded people can play…
Apr 27
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Ready to catch light
Emma Simon reviews 'the small manoeuvres' by Kathy Pimlott (Verve Press, 2022)
Apr 27
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Someone else listens and nods with unsevered head
Hilary Menos reviews 'I Brought the War with Me — stories and poems from the front line' by Lindsey Hilsum (Chatto & Windus, 2024)
Apr 24
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