"Rough music" is the old English name for a custom of public scapegoating. This is a book full of disturbing musical echoes, in which brilliant renewals of carol, charm, folksong and ballad explore themes of violence, loss and belonging. Fiona Sampso...

For a hundred years, "Poetry Review" has been at the heart of British literary life. Founded as "The Poetical Gazette" in May 1909, it has become the country's most widely read poetry magazine, playing a vital role in giving readers access to a gener...

By turns sensual and incantatory, "Common Prayer" offers a liturgy for a world in crisis. Meditations on the actuality of sickness and bereavement move outward through narratives of the broken body of Europe's violent twentieth century. Challenging a...