REVEALED: John clare | Vintage Vibes

Country diary: In poet John Clare’s garden, I contemplate my ancestor who lived here too

Helpston, Cambridgeshire: I picture Henry as a young lad, hiding in flowerbeds, chasing butterflies, learning to love nature

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29

Country diary: Meet the kelo tree – dead, but refusing to fall

The Marches, Shropshire: Without its bark, this Scots pine’s life cycle has slowed, allowing it to stand tall in death for hundreds of years

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22

John Lucas obituary

Other lives: Writer and publisher whose Shoestring Press published more than 400 titles

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2025

When It Rained for a Million Years by Paul Farley – thrilling leaps of imagination

An impressive collection of poems – largely set in industrial wastelands and musing on time and distance – makes the mundane magical

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025

‘A force for everything he represented’: Ronald Blythe’s home to become nature reserve

The Akenfield writer’s ancient Essex farmhouse will be opened up as a sanctuary for people and wildlife

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2024

Britain’s public parks are a green lifeline – stop fencing them off for the summer

These spaces are crucial for our wellbeing, but cash-strapped councils are being forced to treat them as revenue earners, says poet Rebecca Tamás

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2024

The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing review – an Eden project of her own

While a cast of literary heavyweights grace Laing’s account of her garden restoration, the real joys lie in her detailed description of the pruning and the planting and the soothing effect on her state of mind

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2024

Best toilet books to keep you entertained in the bathroom

Gush before you flush

Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2024

Kate Kellaway’s best poetry books of 2023

Here’s to a thrilling new voice, a spellbinding Scottish soap opera, an evergreen force of nature and a modern John Clare

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023

Enter the Water by Jack Wiltshire review – the company of birds

A homeless man journeys from Cambridge to the coast in the Leicester writer’s fresh, funny and serious verse narrative

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023