the widow's world

It's Burns' Day today, so it is only fitting that he becomes the first poet to feature twice in the Anthology strand of my blog. Th...

It's now 9 days on from the earthquake that devastated Haiti. In amongst the tensions and recriminations that arise from the slow delive...

Bill McLaren 1923-2010 The legendary Rugby commentator Bill McLaren died today. For anyone with even a passing interest in Rugby Union in t...

I recently downloaded the Stumple Upon add-on for Firefox. If you've not come across it, it's an application that will take you to v...

Earlier today I was browsing my recently acquired copy of the BBC book "The Nation's Favourite Poems". Published in 1996 (and...