Seamus Heaney
Poems on the Underground: free riches I hold in high esteem | Rachel Cooke
This public poetry scheme has been taking the grind out of commuting and delivering ‘life-worth’ since 1986
Rachel Cooke
02, Mar, 2024 @3:00 PM
Hollie McNish: ‘Being a writer didn’t enter my mind – I wanted a job that involved roller-skating’
The poet on discovering Seamus Heaney, revisiting Alice Walker and the joy of Allan Ahlberg
Hollie McNish
01, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM
Eddie Linden obituary
Poet and editor of the magazine Aquarius who was a charismatic figure in literary London from the late 1960s
James Campbell
20, Nov, 2023 @5:21 PM
The Letters of Seamus Heaney review – amazing grace
Generosity, warmth and joie de vivre characterise this collection of the great poet’s letters
John Banville
08, Nov, 2023 @7:30 AM
The week in audio: Under Cover of Knight; The Missing Madonna; The Trial of Lucy Letby; Four Sides of Seamus Heaney – review
A woman’s death in Texas is unexpectedly mundane and the nurse’s court case a little too lurid. But there’s lots to love in the true story of a stolen Leonardo and a portrait of the Irish poet
Miranda Sawyer
26, Aug, 2023 @4:00 PM
The Guinness heir who became a the ‘saviour’ of traditional Irish songs celebrated
Arts patron Garech Browne is the subject of a new book that hails him as a cultural rescuer who helped preserve Ireland’s folk tunes and poems
Rory Carroll in Dublin
20, Aug, 2023 @7:00 AM
Top 10 books about connecting with nature
Science, memoir, fiction and poetry all point us towards the urgent truth that humans and nature are part of each other – and under threat
Hannah Stowe
31, May, 2023 @11:06 AM
‘Bitter, gentle, funny’: Irish stars unite to celebrate overlooked poet Patrick Kavanagh
Celebrities including Bono and Liam Neeson hope to bring their homeland’s bard to a global audience with an album of read poems
Rory Carroll in Dublin
18, Sep, 2022 @1:00 PM
Country diary: The blackbird’s song is no one-hit wonder
Ormeau, South Belfast: Its mellifluous melody has been an inspiration for poets and musicians, but what of its lesser-known, scratchy follow-up?
Mary Montague
12, Apr, 2022 @4:30 AM
And did those feet: 10 walks inspired by famous poets
Matching rich verse with great scenery, these strolls follow in the footsteps of some of our greatest wordsmiths, from William Blake to Carol Ann Duffy
Kevin Rushby
03, Mar, 2022 @7:00 AM
Country diary: the whoopers of Lough Beg are unlike most you’ll see this autumn
The Strand, Lough Beg, County Derry: The whooper swans arriving from colder climes will join those who appear to be breeding here
Mary Montague
25, Oct, 2021 @4:30 AM
Michael Smiley’s teenage obsessions: ‘I heard the Beat and came back to Belfast a rude boy’
The comedian and actor on dancing with his mother to Ray Charles, the power of Seamus Heaney’s poetry and how Richard Pryor showed him his future
As told to Tom Seymour
19, Aug, 2021 @1:09 PM
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