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A memorial to the International Brigades that took part in the Battle of Caspe on the Aragon front in March 1938. Caspe is a town in the province of Zaragoza. The memorial was designed by Maribel Loren Ros and unveiled in 2018 / Pic: Fran Ara/CC
Poetry / 17 July 2026
17 July 2026

On the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish civil war, ALAN MORRISON selects some poems from a new anthology

21st Century Poetry / 8 July 2026
8 July 2026

by Rosie Jackson

lighthouse
Poetry / 7 July 2026
7 July 2026

ALAN MORRISON welcomes a new collection from the most imaginative and committed ecopoet of our time

21st Century Poetry / 1 July 2026
1 July 2026

by Alastair McLeish

you must live
Book Review / 19 June 2026
19 June 2026

JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems

21st Century Poetry / 19 June 2026
19 June 2026

by Rachel Davies

21st Century Poetry / 3 June 2026
3 June 2026

by John Chinaka Onyech

21st Century Poetry / 13 May 2026
13 May 2026

by Harry Gallagher

shoulder
Poetry Review / 1 May 2026
1 May 2026

Read this book and be aware that this is our history, says RUTH AYLETT

21st Century Poetry / 29 April 2026
29 April 2026

by Omar Sabbagh

21st Century Poetry / 29 April 2026
29 April 2026

by Omar Sabbagh

The Laozi (Lao Tzu) sculpture in Quanzhou is over 780 years old and was carved from a single rock during the Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE) / Pic: N509FZ/CC
Poetry / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026

FINOLA SCOTT relishes a collection of verse in Scots that, among other things, meditates on the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu