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The Guardian view on booming poetry sales: Homer, meet the Instapoets

Editorial: In an unexpected twist, a Hollywood epic has contributed to Britain’s best-ever half-year in poetry sales

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14

For a proper celebration of the American Revolution, head to the British Library

Brief letters: Independence anniversary | Vertical drinking | Thomas Paine’s Thetford roots | Andy Burnham and Larry the cat | Larkin about

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11

Thar she blows! Hull Maritime Museum resurfaces with a walk-in whale and a ‘monkey mermaid’

The £20m reboot shows off exhibits ranging from a giant whale skeleton to tiny ‘scrimshaws’ of carved bone to a very strange mermaid, all telling a gripping tale of a great seafaring city

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5

Carol Rumens obituary

Poet, poetry editor and writer of the Guardian’s long-running Poem of the Week column

The Guardian - UK · May 11

University of Liverpool acquires entire archive of poet Roger McGough

Archivist Jo Klett says the 40 boxes of material will provide ‘a full picture of Roger’s entire working career’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20

I didn’t know how much I needed work until I lost it. But now I’ve learned to love Mondays again

After years of scrabbling about for jobs, I’m happy I have the right work/leisure balance, says Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18

Pets & their People explores the long, strange history of human-animal companionship

Pets play an important role in many people’s lives. In the UK, six out of ten households have at least one pet, dogs being our most common companions (assuming we don’t count fish individually). But it isn’t easy to be precise.

The Conversation · Mar 17

Scotland have proved everyone wrong – but Six Nations title fate rests on biggest question of all

A three-way title fight should provide a fitting finale to an unpredictable edition of this championship

The Independent UK · Mar 13

Poem of the week: The Secret Day by Stella Benson

Writing towards the end of the first world war, the poet, novelist, journalist and suffragist Benson here dreams of a secure peace

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2

Maurice Rutherford obituary

Poet who wrote with originality, warmth and mischief about his home city of Hull, after turning to writing later in life

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2025