Chrissie Hynde
: Don't Get Me Wrong: I Won't Stand For Cruelty to Geese
Charles Moore
: Margaret Thatcher's First Visit to Washington of the Reagan Presidency
Natalie Bennett
: Jobs You Can Build a Life On: The British Economy Isn't Delivering
Seth Freedman
: We Don't Need No Regulation
Stef Benstead
: The Reality of the Welfare Reform
All this week, we've been celebrating Valentine's Day with some of the UK's best spoken word artists as they reflect on love, loss and, er, science. ...
"In this life, even the smallest, least majestic victories deserve a coronation..." In the last of our Valentine's poems, Bristol-based Sally Jenki...
The penultimate poet to perform in our week of original Valentine's Day videos is London-based Raymond Antrobus. Raymond's poem, 'Things That Look Lik...
The fourth of our Valentine's poets is Mr. Gee, a regular on the London spoken word scene and co-founder of the London collective Chill Pill. One of t...
Romance and science aren't always easy bedfellows, particularly when we're talking about the red-roses-and-chocolates side of things. But here in the ...
Kicking off a week of original love poetry on HuffPost UK this is James Bunting - a regular performer at Bang said the Gun, Chill Pill and Come Rhyme ...
This is poetry to entertain the everyman enthusiast and win over the cynics. If any contemporary collection is going to convince the disbeliever that poetry can be a riot of cheek, giggles, boobs, tears and facebook - while keeping it's artistic integrity firmly intact - Mondeo Man is it.
Simon Mole is a London-based poet, emcee, and theatre maker and one part of the Chill Pill Collective. "A while back I noticed that my use of my fr...
Sam Berkson - or 'Angry Sam' as he's known on the circuit - is one of London's best-known and admired performance poets, the host of lauded poetry nig...
Ask anyone who considers poetry to be more than Wordsworth who the current poets they admire are and you'd be hard pushed to find anyone as old as 40. Even the esteemed and established likes of Aisle 16 are only just turning 30. So why do so many publishers insist on publishing 'Young Poet' anthologies that, quite simply, don't feature young poets?
Katherine Stansfield is an award-winning poet whose work has appeared in Magma magazine, the New Welsh Review and Poetry Wales. She also teaches creat...
It's been a big week for John Cooper Clarke. After a fantastic interview with the Guardian, the punk poet from Salford starred in BBC Four document...
James Bunting co-runs the Bristol faction of poetry slam promoters Hammer & Tongue. "I started performing poetry when I was 18 after seeing Andrea...
Adam Kammerling is the 2012 Hammer and Tongue National Slam Poet Championship. “I was originally drawn to spoken word by the freedom it gives me...
Chris Parkinson is the author of two books of poetry, and a prominent member of Brighton's vibrant performance poetry scene. Here he delivers his ...
Bridget Minamore is a 20-year-old writer and student from London who has won numerous poetry slams across the capital, including respected spoken word...
At HuffPost, we're kicking off an exciting new project and we'd love you to participate! It's called The Moment I Knew and is a user-submitted vide...
London's Southbank Centre hosted readings by the nominated poets in the TS Eliot Prize on Sunday, drawing an audience more than 2,000-strong. Gasp ...
26-year-old Dean Atta is one of the leading lights in London's poetry scene. His powerful reflections on race, identity and sexuality have won him rec...
In a special series for Huffington Post UK Culture, some of the country's finest performance poets have recorded exclusive end of year messages. You c...
In a special series for Huffington Post UK Culture, some of the country's finest performance poets have recorded exclusive end of year messages. You c...
In a special series for Huffington Post UK Culture, some of the country's finest performance poets have recorded exclusive end of year messages. You c...
In a special series for Huffington Post UK Culture, some of the country's finest performance poets have recorded exclusive end of year messages. You c...
In a special series for Huffington Post UK Culture, some of the country's finest performance poets have recorded exclusive end of year messages. You c...
