Review – “One Night in January” by Kate Wilson
I knew Kate Wilson back in the late 2000s, when we met at a creative writing group, a fact which …
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The Grammar of Praise: “Immortal, Invisible”, Verse 1
Hymns seem quite important recently. The scarcity of them in our present situation makes them seem more valuable, and I …
Epithalamion – A Wedding Poem
This is a bit of an unusual post for me – looking through some old writing I found a poem, …
The Kingis Quair: An Interview with Dr. Jenni Nuttall
Dr. Jenni Nuttall is a fellow of St. Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford. She has recently translated the …
Taliessin through Logres: Arthurian poetry, Charles Williams and the Inklings
A week ago the Erewash Press brought out a book I’m particularly excited about. It’s entitled Taliessin through Logres, and …
“he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him”: Herod and Auden
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. An ironic touch in …
Reordberend: Speaking, Not Speaking and the Image of God
Listen! I wish to tell of the most wonderful vision Which came to me as a midnight dream As all …
Where the still world sleeps on its cruxes: the text of the sonnet in Dorothy L. Sayers’ Gaudy Night
Last weekend we had to wrestle with a textual crux in one of the texts which will be read at …
The Mouthy Poets: Say Sum Thin 7
This is a guest post by Natalie Popow on behalf of the Mouthy Poets Firstly, let me tell you about this …
The Day and the Tradition: Poetry at Weddings
Over the last year several of my friends have been asked to find poems for other people’s weddings. It’s probably …
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