A creed for the anthropocene
Staving off climate change will entail not only a technological revolution but transforming our relations with the natural world.
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The psychoactive plants that change our consciousness
It is fascinating to learn how three plant-derived drugs – caffeine, opium and mescaline – can shape society.
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How Larkin’s stammer may have helped him find his voice
As a child, he couldn’t even ask for a railway ticket. Could the clarity of his poems have emerged from…
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How Philip Larkin saved my life
I was a panicky teenager with a chaotic home life, but the profound clarity of his poems showed me a…
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Why spend one’s life in fear of death? Larkin had no answer
Larkin argues that those who don’t fear death are deluding themselves, but as I age I realise that he misses…
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Love, sex, work, death – Larkin has a quote for that
He had a gift for wisecracks, but the poet’s best lines come from a search for wisdom and authenticity.
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In 1971, I felt Larkin was speaking directly to me
His voice was not “poetic” but calm, clear, melodic and witty – and it inspired in me a sense of…
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In his take-downs of jazz greats, Larkin‘s humour shines
His wit is on fully display in his riotously funny criticism – but it also comes through in his poems,…
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