Len Pennie, TikTok favourite and winner of the Discover Book of the Year Nibbie, discusses her strident and witty second ...

The roots of hip-hop run deep, and among the deepest branches remains Linton Kwesi Johnson, the Jamaican-born, British-raised ...

A hymn dedicated to the ancient city of Babylon has been discovered after 2,100 years. Sung to the god Marduk, patron deity of the great city, the poem describes Babylon's flowing rivers, jewelled ...

Kevin West takes a ride on Belmond’s Eastern & Oriental Express, getting a feel for the culture along the way.

Civilizations from Stone Age Scotland to the eighth-century Maya to 13th-century African empires have used dry stone walling ...

That is the equivalent of children today learning about a poem written around 700 AD, such as the Old English poem Beowulf.

When British authorities deported Irish rebels to their Australian penal colonies, they also exported a tradition of anti-colonial resistance.

By encouraging people to imagine beyond their own experience, reading poetry can help them see things from a different ...

That was the message to pupils at a secondary school in Bolton, Greater Manchester, who say they have been "inspired" to express themselves through poetry after a visit from a Mancunian poet.

P ilsen, a gentrifying neighbourhood on the South West Side of Chicago, is a regular spot for visitors hoping to eat ...

The presenter shares the moments that shaped him, from studying music at university to surviving a plane crash and failing at business ...

Playwright Lucy Prebble has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Sheffield, in recognition of her ...