Poets convey deep thoughts with few words. How do poets approach their subjects? Why is the rhythm of words important to them? Poets want their words to be heard. Here's a collection to read "out loud."
On the 1st of July, 1916, WWI fighting in France intensifies as the deadly Battle of the Somme begins.
Encouraged to learn the words to "Nkosi Sikeleli" - a former black resistance song in the Xhosa language - the Springboks worked with a tutor to get t...
Shakespeare wrote immortal lines for this play, including the now-famous phrase: "This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle..."
The poem of Robert Dwyer Joyce - The Wind that Shakes the Barley - has been set to hauntingly beautiful music.
J.M. Barrie - whose family called him "Jamie" when he was young - wrote one of the most-beloved of all children's stories.
Emotionally upset, and in the throes of depression, Verdi makes a decision. It is 1840, and he's had it with composing music. Then ... an unexpected e...
On 28 March 1941, Virginia Woolf, the famous British author, drowned in a river near her home. A single recording of her voice survives. The BBC has r...
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