In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ”, as a reviewer in the 1920s termed amateur elocutionists.

Dylan is the Picasso of popular music. His 'Ballad of a Thin Man' speaks more powerfully to what it feels like to be alive in 2025 than anything I can think of.

As a celebrant I’m lucky that I get to read a lot of poems. Marking occasions of all kinds, poetry really is a big hitter. The ultimate example of ... Bravo the ballad! Viva la verse!

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It's the middle of April in '25, and hardly a man or woman is now alive who knows by heart the opening of the Henry Wadsworth ...

Alienating, strange and familiar, “Glory” by Perfume Genius sounds like wandering the empty halls of your home.

Today, the faint memory of the battle in the Italian city is recalled in the name of Cremona House and its surrounding ...

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