Project aims to preserve dying languages through poetry
The National Poetry Library is collecting poems written in endangered languages to help preserve them for future generations
Poetry in prisons: how words can boost inmate wellbeing
Can poems help in the struggle against depression? Rachel Kelly, who uses her own experience to help prison inmates, says that words really can heal
‘Poetry really was a lifeline’
A successful journalist with a thriving family, Rachel Kelly’s life was torn apart by depression. She tried everything to cope, from medication to spending more time outdoors, but it was the [...]
Olympics inspire art across UK coastline
Inspired by the ‘Olympic truce,’ which calls for countries to come together in peace, an art installation will see encampments of glowing tents set up at eight remote coastal sites on 19-22 July
Tagore; the 150-year-old, 21st century poet
May 2011 celebrated the 150th birthday of one of the greatest and most prolific poets the world has known.
