In the summer of 1953, Muriel Spark – not yet the famous novelist behind The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie – was en route from ...

Louise Machen, 44, from Middleton has been nominated for the Forward Prize which is the most prestigious award for poetry in ...

Paul Durcan, the Dublin-born poet, died on May 17 at the age of 80. There was no one quite like him. Prolific, popular and a ...

Including their Christmas offering – a  comedy reimagining of Dracula written by Mock the Week creator Dan Patterson and ...

Gary Oldman, who stars as grumpy yet gifted spy boss Jackson Lamb in Apple TV+ hit “Slow Horses,” has been recruited by the real MI5 – to narrate a Christmas poem. In collaboration with the streaming ...

MI5 has released a special version of the festive poem The night before Christmas ... words "'Twas the night before Christmas". In a post on Instagram, the UK's Security Service said they've ...

Let's crown our countdown with what might be the greatest Christmas song ever written. MacGowan and MacColl's bittersweet masterpiece turns a lovers' quarrel into pure poetry, complete with ...

And while a 1573 poem from Tudor farmer Thomas Tusser mentioned turkeys in a list of possible Christmas mains ― “Biefe, mutton, & porke, shred pyes of the best/ pig, veale, goose & capon ...

Often, tunes turn up in different parts of the UK in slightly different versions ... including countless versions of carols and Christmas poems of all kinds, a practice that persisted well ...

the Northern Soul Christmas poem written exclusively for us by Wendy Pratt in response to Phil Pounder’s beautiful photograph. in the presence of others. And you are never alone. You have many friends ...

Head to the CBSO website to book. Set inside one of the most impressive buildings in the country, join for a reflective service with scripture and poetry on the last Sunday before Christmas, led by ...