Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced, and it has long been my ...

Jo MacDonald Pic Sean Purser Jo MacDonald is a freelance researcher, translator, broadcaster and writer, now living in ...

You like to start your day by greeting your lady love with a beautiful message. Have you tried sharing good morning poems for ...

Poetry at the Mansion series for 2025 will include events that explore satire, love and lust, holidays and much more ...

Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending church services. While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the ...

OK, Pippa. Let's hear your story. OK. So, a few years ago when I was living in London, I had gone to stay with my family for Christmas as per usual. And on Christmas Day, I'd been very lucky ...

In the 1648 verse ... observed Christmas in the same way, even in the 1700s. Then, as now, some people celebrated earlier, some later, and some not at all, as recorded in this poem from The ...