Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best sh

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Read the book recommendations for 2026 literature laureate Anne Carson.

Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".

At a time when scholarship and creative writing are often treated as separate pursuits, Carson has shown how deeply they belong together.

Newcastle and Westminster join Southampton in decision not to renew deal with plagiarism checker amid questions over how once-ubiquitous service is adapting to AI age

October 7, 2026 – “His poems were always ultracontemporary, unless they were of the future.”

After St Helens Council leader withdraw support for annual celebration, locals in the town have had another idea

Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021) who was among the most influential and decorated German-language poets of the postwar period. The recipient of numerous awards, including the renowned Georg Büchne...

Blake Stephenson tells fringe meeting at Tory conference that the town is ‘a very dangerous place’ with ‘ghettoes’

David Cooper is Senior Lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University where he is the founding co-director of the Centre for Place Writing.

Marking fifty years since the premiere of Trevor Griffiths’ Comedians, Stephen Wagg reflects on the changing role of comedy in modern society. He traces the rise of alternative comedy, the decline of a shared national comedy culture, and the growing influence of comedians in shaping political and social conversations.

We’ve taken part in another of Steven Fowler’s European Poetry Festivals, this one in Liverpool, at the Open Eye Gallery on October 4 th 20...

Cllr George Woodward was asked about plans for the council to observe the annual commemorations after revealing Black History Month events would be scrapped