William Shatner

Shatner turns Palin farewell speech into poetry

News Wed 29 Jul 2009, AT 14:11

The Star Trek actor has performed a spoken word version of the departing Alaska governor’s tribute to her home state on the Tonight Show

Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman and Quentin Blake refuse paedophile vetting

News Thu 16 Jul 2009, AT 09:51

Top names in children’s literature will stop visiting schools to avoid signing on to 'insulting' database scheme

British poet Ruth Padel

Ruth Padel resigns after smear row

News Tue 26 May 2009, AT 08:26

As the poet admits her role in the claims about Derek Walcott’s sexual impropriety, Clive James throws his hat in the ring

British poet Ruth Padel

Padel implicated in smear campaign

News Mon 25 May 2009, AT 09:35

The new professor of poetry at Oxford wrote emails to journalists about her rival, Derek Walcott

Walcott smears shame our intellectual standards

News Wed 13 May 2009, AT 17:20

Poet's decision not to stand for professor of poetry at Oxford is not a victory for feminism, but reveals the petty-minded nature of higher education

Derek Walcott in 1992

Derek Walcott pulls out of poetry professor race

News Wed 13 May 2009, AT 12:50

Sexual harassment case from quarter of a century ago comes back to haunt Nobel poet

Win tickets to Andrew Motion talk and reading

News Tue 21 Apr 2009, AT 01:00

The poet laureate talks to Hermione Lee about leaving office and reads from his new book The Cinder Path