It’s impossible for me to talk about writing without talking about living, writes Maggie Smith, author of the new book, "Dear ...

What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean love poems? Something longer ...

I had things I wanted to say, and so I said them. Word after word, and line after line. Some poems rhymed and some didn’t. I don’t remember worrying about ideas, or how to get an idea ...

A University of Manchester lecturer has discovered that the famous first line of English language’s oldest epic poem has been misinterpreted, ever since it was popularised almost 200 years ago. Dr ...