What makes a good poem? How the hell can I write one? And even if I did - what's the point!? All valid questions, particularly on National Po...
Coverley has thus far made an intriguing career from his brand of esoteric primers, on interconnected subjects ranging from Psychogeography to Occult London, and with his latest, The Art of Wandering: The Writer as Walker, he re-introduces readers to a seemingly ancient tradition. Serving as a brief history of this storied connection between great, even classic, literature and the epic bouts of pedestrianism which bore them, Coverley inspires in his readers - who it must be presumed are largely made up of either walkers or writers (or both) - a peculiar kind of brotherhood.
The first voice you hear, should you pause at the headphone points dotted around the British Library’s new exhibition Writing Britain: Wasteland...
This week brought the charming news that a group of Chaucer enthusiasts are planning to mark the 625th anniversary of the origins of The Canterbury Ta...
