The light of His countenance. I sometimes sign my books with the advice to “stagger onward rejoicing”. This where it comes from. Auden’s poem is about the search for paradise, a paradise that doesn’t ...

Happy World Poetry Day: "Practiced throughout history – in every culture and every continent – poetry speaks to our common humanity and our shared values, transforming the simplest of poems into a ...

Now Jeffrey Brown has the latest report in a series we call "Where Poetry Lives." He and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey are exploring poetry in various corners of American life, seeking to ...

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Each week we ask what’s making Irish Times readers happy. You can join in by emailing happy@irishtimes.com or tweeting using #IrishTimesHappy. Here is a selection of the responses this week: A few ...

There was a time when people on buses and Tubes didn't just fiddle with their phones. There was a time when what they stared at were the pages of a newspaper, or book. Some people still do, of course, ...

Holi is the apt time to break the ice, renew relationships and link yourself with those that you wanted to with a bit of color. May God gift you all the colors of life, colors of joy, colors of ...

Never heard of World Poetry Day? It’s pretty official, having been adopted by no less than UNESCO in 1999. One of the objectives is “to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to ...