Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

All the books on the longlist for the Walter Scott book prize - The 12 will be cut down to a shortlist in May, with the ...

Internationally acclaimed writer Mircea Cărtărescu was not admitted as a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy, falling “one vote short” in the admission procedure that took place on Wednesday, ...

Twelve novelists have been longlisted for a £25,000 award named after a famous Scottish writer. The judges of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction will narrow the 12 down to a shortlist in ...

But all poetry, even funny poems and short poems for kids, has a common thread: The poets who write it are interpreters. They take an honest look at events and emotions and boil them down to some ...

The father of gastronomy is regarded as Archestratus, an ancient Greek poet and philosopher in the mid-4th century BCE ...

Poet Kenneth Steven writes on Raasay, an island close to Skye once home to the great Gaelic bard Sorley MacLean. Kenneth describes the history of this 'fiercely traditional island', with its ...

From the mythology of Gráinne and Diarmuid to the poetry of Yeats and the songs of Van the Man, Ireland has long celebrated ...

While the statue is what makes it a top tourist attraction, the stunning views of the Vindhyachal and Satpuda mountains only ...

Lovers have always batted their eyes on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead.

Heather Leigh explores this year's edition of The Mays, a literary anthology of work from students from Oxford and ...

By the last years of Elizabeth I's reign Shakespeare was well established as a famous poet and playwright and ... Shakespeare as England’s greatest writer in comedy and tragedy.