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The idea of the titular Crow in Ted Hughes’ poems is wild, untameable and irreducible to words. In an early poem in the sequence, words come at Crow from all angles but he just ignores them. Finally, “Words retreated, suddenly afraid / Into the skull of a dead jester /…

This book demonstrates that, with few exceptions, the ECtHR's general approach to hate speech has been overly expansive, often undervaluing… The post Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: Towards a Principled Approach appeared first on Reason.com.

THE Sunday National spoke with Edinburgh Makar and poet Michael Pedersen on the 10 things that changed his life...

The following story is the winner of The Conversation Prize for writers, a competition run in partnership with Faber and Curtis Brown. Read more about the competition here.

THE COUNTDOWN: Our chief books critic Martin Chilton chooses his very best reads of the year, from state-of-the-nation novels to surprising memoirs

IN FOCUS: The stories behind Hollywood’s most memorable flops are often filled with juicy drama, and it’s why we should treat the ‘Joker 2’s of the world with a bit more respect, writes Tim Robey

The author’s alter ego is on a quest to uncover the life and work of his playwright idol in this whimsical debut

The Conversation UK, Curtis Brown and Faber are pleased to announce our three judges for The Conversation Prize for writers: Miriam Frankel, senior science editor at The Conversation UK, Priya Atwal, historian, broadcaster and community history fellow at the University of Oxford, and Alice Hunt, professor of early modern literature…

The ‘Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis’ poet shares the book that surprised her the most, the best thing a reader ever said to her, and the few films she thinks are – almost – better than the book