Chris Johns: Freedom nowadays means the right of jerks to be jerks
Our politicians could level with us on the Covid crisis, but for various reasons they chose not to
Tolstoy, TS Eliot and CS Lewis: the writers inspired by Easter
As well as the religious symbolism of Easter the idea of becoming new is very potent
TS Eliot and the privacy problem
TS Eliot's will contained a severe sentence: he did not wish to have a biography of himself published. With that in mind he had contrived the destruction of his early letters to his parents.
A window onto the world of Mark Twain
Samuel L Clemens dictated hundreds of pages of autobiography that ranged from the nonexistence of God to postal-service vagaries
Ezra Pound’s transatlantic poet’s society
US poet Ezra Pound, celebrated at a conference at Trinity, had close links with Irish writers and politicians and became Joyce’s unpaid agent
A ghost story: James Joyce’s lost poem
When he was nine, the young writer composed and printed a poem about Charles Stewart Parnell of which only a fragment is recorded. For a rare-book dealer, it’s thrilling to think a copy might be waiting to be discovered. Could it be hidden somewhere in Ireland?
The Letters of TS Eliot, Volume 4: 1928-1929
The latest huge volume of the poet’s correspondence deals mainly with his failing first marriage, the complexities of his Anglican faith and his editorship of the ‘Criterion’
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices