It's that time of year once more and King Charles III has again chosen who will receive coveted accolades in the New Year's Honours list. Honours form part of orders of chivalry that have been ...

, 31, has published five full-length collections of poetry, most recently Commonwealth (2025). His Circle Line (2013) and Giving Ground (2016) were both shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize.

Throughout English-speaking history, up until about 50 years ago, there had always been men famous in their day for writing beautiful poetry, from William Shakespeare, to Lord Byron, to Robert Frost.

Real Madrid against Manchester City has become one of the Champions League's biggest rivalries. A fixture that always delivers on drama - a game that always involves high stakes. For some, the stakes ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On a rainy afternoon in Salford, Greater Manchester last week, Madina Jama was looking for comfort. She paused ...

In the debut author’s The Poet Empress, set in a world where poetry is magic but women aren’t allowed to read, a peasant girl becomes a prince’s concubine. How did this story come to be? I’ve been ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Richard Kipling, former director of the Los Angeles Times Minority Editorial Training Program, has died at 81 ...

Letters sent by author Rudyard Kipling appealing for information about his son, who went missing on the Western Front during World War One, have sold for more than £1,200 at auction. The letters date ...

Letters dating back to 1915 have been discovered that show author Rudyard Kipling appealing for information about his son, who went missing on the Western Front during World War One. The writer and ...