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50th anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s landmark collection on Troubles to be marked

A three-day conference at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast will bring together experts on the poet.

Evening Standard

Michael Longley, prize-winning poet of ‘griefs and wonders’, dies aged 85

Part of a gifted generation of writers from Northern Ireland, Longley also gave years of service to the province’s arts council

The Guardian - UK

Michael Longley obituary

Belfast poet of exceptional poise and eloquence – but with a sardonic streak to temper his technical accomplishment

The Guardian - UK

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Five writers on the five books they’d give for Christmas

BOOKS: The Independent’s writers look back on the literary year and select the very best books to gift your loved ones this festive season

The Independent UK

Nobel winner Geoffrey Hinton is the ‘godfather of AI’. Here’s an offer he shouldn’t refuse…

The computer scientist’s dogged belief in the potential of neural networks helped unlock machine learning. But he’d be wise to remember the experience of a fellow laureate

The Guardian - UK

Sparks fly as monster epic Beowulf makes a fiery return

Actor and Beowulf scholar Felix Nobis returns to his celebrated solo performance of the epic tale Beowulf, staged for the first time in a blacksmith's workshop.

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‘We all read like hell!’ How Ireland became the world’s literary powerhouse

The small island has produced Nobel laureates and Booker winners and hosts a booming writing and publishing scene. What’s the secret to its success?

The Guardian - UK

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‘One of the most charismatic artists ever’: Piero della Francesca, adored by everyone from Hockney to Heaney

He transfixed Pasolini and painted Seamus Heaney’s favourite artwork – and now David Hockney is paying tribute to this very modern Renaissance master in a joint show

The Guardian - UK

Sandy Brownjohn obituary

Other lives: Poet and educator whose books transformed the teaching of poetry-writing in schools

The Guardian - UK

25 of the best poetry books to read in 2025

Delve into the hypnotic world of lyrical literature

Evening Standard

Jon Cruddas: ‘Labour has to rediscover its moral purpose’

The Labour MP and party historian on why he worries for Keir Starmer, the decline of social democracy, and his love of Seamus Heaney

The Guardian - UK

Hollie McNish: ‘Being a writer didn’t enter my mind – I wanted a job that involved roller-skating’

The poet on discovering Seamus Heaney, revisiting Alice Walker and the joy of Allan Ahlberg

The Guardian - UK

Patrick Joyce: ‘The history of peasants is one of their silence or being silenced’

The academic and author on the lessons we can learn from those who work the land, acquiring a second career in his 70s – and how he ‘dialogues’ with the spirit of Seamus Heaney

The Guardian - UK

Seamus Heaney: ten years after his death, the generosity and warmth of his rich poetic voice endures

The English war poet Wilfred Owen once wrote, “Celebrity is the last infirmity I desire.” Killed in France at the age of 25, unpublished and unknown, “celebrity” for Owen was a posthumous phenomenon. By contrast, celebrity status for the Irish poet Seamus Heaney – “Famous Seamus” – came early in…

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Eddie Linden obituary

Poet and editor of the magazine Aquarius who was a charismatic figure in literary London from the late 1960s

The Guardian - UK

The Letters of Seamus Heaney review – amazing grace

Generosity, warmth and joie de vivre characterise this collection of the great poet’s letters

The Independent UK

Ted Hughes, 25 years on: Now, more than ever, the poet is the voice for our times

The poet laureate, who died a quarter of a century ago today, believed his Shakespeare fixation was almost fatal; his first wife, Sylvia Plath, was certainly the Titania to his Oberon. With his almost psychic connection to nature and a charisma so powerful that even the Queen was rumoured to…

The Guardian - UK

Joe Biden’s peace mission to Israel exposed the limits of US global influence

The stakes couldn’t be higher. A wider war in the Middle East could embolden Russia in Ukraine and encourage China over Taiwan, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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The Independent UK

Geldof calls for new solutions to global food crisis at Belfast summit

The singer and songwriter opened the plenary session on hunger at the One Young World Summit at the ICC centre.

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Under Cover of Knight; The Missing Madonna; The Trial of Lucy Letby; Four Sides of Seamus Heaney – review

A woman’s death in Texas is unexpectedly mundane and the nurse’s court case a little too lurid. But there’s lots to love in the true story of a stolen Leonardo and a portrait of the Irish poet

The National (Scotland)

Confusion as media reports dead poet paying 'tribute' to Sinéad O'Connor

SEVERAL news outlets left readers confused after reporting on a “tribute” from Irish poet Seamus Heaney to Sinead O’Connor ...

The Independent UK

Joe Biden seeks to ‘make hope and history rhyme’ in Irish homecoming address

The US president’s wide-ranging speech lasted for more than 30 minutes.

Irish Mirror

'Ta me sa bhaile, I am home' - Joe Biden delivers historic address to Oireachtas

Mr Biden became just the fourth president to address a joint sitting of the House of the Oireachtas as he delivered a special 31-minute speech in which he spoke about Ireland and America’s "partnership for the ages".

The Independent UK

Seamus Heaney’s widow watches on as Joe Biden cites work of late Irish poet

Marie Heaney heard the US president cite one of the poet’s best-known works in his Oireachtas address.

The Independent UK

Biden to stress shared ties in address to Irish parliament

After a whirlwind Irish countryside tour of his ancestry, President Joe Biden is turning back to diplomacy

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