The Stuff Between Us

It may happen when you lift your collar, stepping through some truly bilious weather one Friday morning in November, watching pale commuters work the…

Oct 25 • 

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June 2025

Doing It All Wrong

Why dropping out still matters

Jun 22 • 

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May 2025

On Poetry as Bestowal

I want to consider a poem as a ‘bestowal’.

May 5 • 

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April 2025

On Wonder: Why We Still Need It

📖 New Collection: Wonder

Apr 26 • 

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Ringing in the Changes

The bells may echo on Wall Street, but there's another tune to dance to

Apr 8 • 

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March 2025

From our London correspondent

A brief report on the London Book Fair 2025

Mar 14 • 

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A short talk on a life of reading

A talk to teenagers

Mar 5 • 

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Lessons in Art

In praise of the poem sequence (which I love)

Mar 4 • 

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February 2025

Cheap

I shall write an ode to cheap stuff—

Feb 27 • 

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On Mark Waldron’s ‘Meanwhile, Trees’

The rescue of whimsy in the poetry of Mark Waldron

Feb 25 • 

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Forms of exile in James Sheard’s poetry

A poet of dis-location, exile and otherness

Feb 25 • 

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Walking the nine circles

Nothing makes you feel older than walking through wonderful filthy clubland on Friday night.

Feb 25 • 

Chris Emery