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Author Michael Rosen chokes up in Repair Shop NHS special after near-death coma

BBC One viewers are in for an emotional ride as The Repair Shop marks the 75th anniversary of the NHS by restoring everything from a Thomas The Tank Engine catering trolley to a vintage doctor's bag

Daily Mirror · Jun 27, 2023

Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey to publish ‘accessible’ poetry collection

Contributions by Russell Brand and Maxine Peake feature in Poetry for the Many, which aims to help readers shake off the idea that verse is only for ‘posh people’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2023

Anyone who’s lost a loved one knows the pressure to visit shrines to the past. But it doesn’t always help

Four years after my husband’s death, the question of where to locate my grief still isn’t easy to answer, says the writer Kat Lister

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2023

Five Great Reads: female fantasies, coping with grief and a nuanced take on a plagiarism scandal

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU · Feb 3, 2023

Monday briefing: How Nadhim Zahawi was fired from government

In today’s newsletter: Why did it take Rishi Sunak so long, and what exactly was the Tory party chair guilty of?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2023

‘I knew my son had gone’: Michael Rosen on the moment that changed his life – extract

In this extract from his new book, Getting Better, the author and poet describes the death of his beloved teenage son, Eddie

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2023

Getting Better by Michael Rosen review – a survivor’s manual

The children’s author uses his experience of Covid as a hook to examine loss, mourning, and what comes next

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2023

Poet Michael Rosen marches with nurses out of ‘gratitude’ after his Covid coma

The 76-year-old said he was in hospital for three months after being put in an induced coma after falling seriously ill with Covid in March 2020.

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023

Friday briefing: From New York to Hong Kong, how renting became unaffordable everywhere

In today’s newsletter: It’s not just the UK struggling with soaring rent and living standards – these four cities tell the story of a worldwide market in crisis

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2022

We have no great expectations of Liz Truss

Letters: Sheila Cross agrees with Michael Rosen that social conditions now appear Dickensian, while Peter Riddle warns of real turbulence and Dr Neil Denby wonders why the wealthy always need carrots

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022