Jeremy Noel-Tod applauds a new biography of Ted Hughes that brings to life the poet’s raw sexuality
Jeremy Noel-Tod applauds a new biography of Ted Hughes that brings to life the poet’s raw sexuality
Jeremy Noel-Tod applauds a new biography of Ted Hughes that brings to life the poet’s raw sexuality
He started work on his greatest verse cycle; she painted, wrote and danced. Laura Barnett reports on a new play trying to uncover the truth about the relationship between the poet and his married lover
HarperCollins defends book as a work of ‘impeccable scholarship’ after the Hughes estate accuses author Jonathan Bate of factual inaccuracy
Alice Oswald was today announced as the new Oxford Professor of Poetry.
‘Lovesong’ by Ted Hughes is a six stanza poem that is separated into uneven sets of lines. The text is framed by two-line couplets that contain increasingly longs verses towards the third stanza.
Ted Hughes was a renowned 20th-century English poet who delved into the human experience, exploring themes of love and mythology.
