The official 2025 event calendar will be published on Thursday 31 July, building excitement for a nationwide celebration where poetry takes centre stage. For more information, visit ...

Lee Kuan Yew's maxim that poetry was an unaffordable luxury was of its time. These days it is widely appreciated, and not ...

The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the ...

New England "modernist punk" band Perennial toured the UK in December, and guitarist Chad Jewett shares his tour diary with ...

Today marks the Day of Reflection for the victims lost in the Covid pandemic. Here, Mirror columnist Ros Wynne-Jones looks back at the harrowing human cost of the crisis that decimated families across ...

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has been well known for its socialist feminism – the politics that helped to ...

In Wichita, Kansas, Watermark Books & Cafe stands as a literary fortress where the simple act of browsing physical books feels like rediscovering a forgotten art form, like churning your own butter ...

Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.

In an excerpt from his new book, Outside’s Sweat Science columnist digs into the emerging science of why we’re drawn to the ...

NPR readers of different belief systems share the poignant rituals that make them feel close to their spirituality. For some, ...

In a bid to remember Dad through his penchant for music, we decided to put together a playlist of his favourite songs ...

The flames of the 2-alarm fire spread to a neighboring home. According to fire officials, the home that first caught fire was unoccupied at the time. Everyone was able to make it out safely.