The iconic Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” begins, “Listen, my children …” And, sure enough, we have long told our kids and ourselves of the cinematic events in April 1775, when ...

An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn’t perfect.

The Poetry Pharmacy opened last summer on London’s famed Oxford Street. It’s a small space packed with poems for every occasion. Founder Deborah Alma says her goal is to introduce poetry to people who ...

Poetry is known for its brevity. And tell me, where are the poetic politicians like John F. Kennedy, who said, “When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations." ...

Contemplation of vast expanses of time confronts us with the relative brevity of our own lives. The realization of our life's ...

Lord Byron is one of the first and best-known philhellenes who actively participated in Greece’s War of Independence.

Like all legendary events, Paul Revere’s Ride and the Battles of Lexington and Concord have been encrusted with myth.

Revere, who was later immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, was one of many riders who rode through the ...

From following the footsteps of a Romantic poet, to strolling around a castle claimed by nature and meeting some iconic ...

A poet has been appointed to try and bring people closer to nature through art. As artist in residence, Kirsten Luckins will create projects and activities over the coming year to showcase the ...

Thousands of people waving British flags cheered as the king ... a reading of the closing canto of Italian poet Dante Alighieri's most famous work "The Divine Comedy" before visiting his tomb.

But one favourite you might be less familiar with is that of Bellville Sassoon – the British couture house founded in 1958 by Belinda Bellville and David Sassoon, who has died at the age of 92.