Ever since the inception of this column five years ago, we’ve been borrowing Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s name to use in our title. Today’s piece is a reminder of what a really fine poet he was. As a start ...

Every few years, around the holidays, I rewatch the extended versions of Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” films, to the immense yet understandable annoyance of everybody else in my house. (This ...

June 1964: The poet and critic Donald Davie reflects on the genius of John Clare By Donald Davie The poet and critic Donald Davie reflected on the genius of the 19th-century English poet John Clare, ...

Alfred was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria’s reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. Alfred excelled at writing short lyrics, as in ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’.

March 1969: One great poet on another – Larkin on Tennyson By Philip Larkin In 1969, Philip Larkin reviewed a new edition of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poems. The New Statesman’s editor at the time, Paul ...

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South Dakota’s first poet laureate lived much of his life alone in a prim cabin in the heart of Custer State Park. He wore whipcord breeches and polished riding boots, a Windsor tie and an officer’s ...

After the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, West Virginia adopted a law, the Unborn Child Protection Act, that prohibits abortion in most circumstances. As enacted, the prohibition extends to medication ...

Long before Alfred Hitchcock became a household name associated with classics like “Psycho” and “Dial M for Murder,” he began his filmmaking career in the U.K. But even before releasing 1930s British ...