MUCH-loved children’s author, poet and broadcaster, Michael Rosen, took to the stage at the Harlow Playhouse on 15 September. Organised by Essex County…

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The writers of Muslim Iberia produced poetry, philosophy, love manuals, mystical works and some of the most remarkable prose of the medieval world. By James Hartley.

Welcome back to The Book Bag. I hope you’ve had a poetic week. It’s been a quieter week but I’ve still been working on lots of exciting projects with more information being shared soon. I was delighted to add the second part to Rachel Turney’s feature which included poems from her latest book and a banging dance music playlist to accompany Retired Wannabe Club Kid.

Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder A lost copy of a poem composed in the seventh century by a Northumbrian cattle herder – the earliest surviving poem in the English language – has been discovered in Rome. Scholars from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) uncovered the manuscript that contains Caedmon’s Hymn at the National Central Library of Rome. Continue reading...