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Quote of the Day by famous English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge: 'Common sense in an uncommon degree is what…'-Why William Wordsworth's friend believed true wisdom comes from extraordinary common sense

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an English poet and philosopher, offered a timeless insight. He stated that uncommon common sense is wisdom. This idea remains relevant today, challenging the notion that intelligence alone equates to wisdom. Coleridge believed wisdom stems from applying ordinary truths with exceptional clarity and balance.

The Economic Times · May 19

Quote of the Day by William Wordsworth: 'The mind of man is a thousand times more…'-Top quotes by one of the founders of English Romanticism

William Wordsworth, a key figure of English Romanticism, believed the human mind's capacity for imagination and emotion far surpasses the beauty of the natural world. His poetry, born from ordinary experiences and a deep connection to nature, transformed reflections on memory and feeling into universal art.

The Economic Times · May 14

From Dylan Thomas’ shopping list to a note from Sylvia Plath’s doctor: newly uncovered case files reveal the hidden lives of famous writers

Exclusive: Hardship grant applications to the Royal Literary Fund, including unseen letters by Doris Lessing and a note from James Joyce saying that he ‘gets nothing in the way of royalties’, show authors at their most vulnerable

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025

How do you read a poem? Embrace the sound, the strangeness and the ambiguity

A word is dead When it is said, Some say, I say it just Begins to live That day. – Emily Dickinson If someone asked you how you felt and you said you had “a sense sublime of something far more deeply interfused, whose dwelling was the light of setting…

The Conversation · Aug 6, 2024

Poem of the week: Duty Surviving Self-Love by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

This austere reflection on lost friendships was written in the poet’s later years as he fought opium addiction

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

"Everything up to then had been about climbing the mountain. With Powerslave it felt like we were looking out over the rest of the world": How Iron Maiden grew up

When it came to making the follow-up to 1983’s Piece Of Mind album, Iron Maiden knew they needed to come up with something a bit special. That was Powerslave

Metal Hammer · Apr 17, 2024

25 of the best poetry books to read in 2025

Delve into the hypnotic world of lyrical literature

Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2024

All Before Me by Esther Rutter review – the healing power of place and poetry

Filled with fascinating potted histories, this memoir of a year spent at Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage following a breakdown is wonderfully revivifying

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024

Is there such a thing as ‘the one’? And if so, might it be possible to conjure them into view?

The idea that you can ‘manifest’ your soulmate by ‘raising your vibration’, once the domain of New Age spirituality, is common among gen Z social media users. Juliana Piskorz wonders whether to give it a go

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2023

Antiques Roadshow viewers repulsed as expert values envelopes of famous poets’ hair at £40,000

Some of the hair was obtained on Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s deathbed

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023