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A captivating love story in Bright Star

06.11.09
Jane Campion's Bright Star is full of confidence about its artistic vision and genuinely poetic, says Andrew O'Hagan... more

Celebs are now invading the world of poetry

03.09.09
Celebrity endorsements are the latest proof of poetry's new-found fashionability... more

Death to the Vampire Husband

20.07.09
Men like Amy Winehouse’s ex who prey on famous, insecure women had better beware. The girls always wise up to their little game in the end... more

Sunshine Cleaning is the sleeper hit of the summer

26.06.09
Emily Blunt and Amy Adams make smalltown family drama Sunshine Cleaning a funny and refreshing antidote to the usual seasonal blockbusters.... more

Forget 'honorary jokes': Carol Ann can show us why poetry matters

01.05.09
With its token £5,750-a-year salary and case of wine for your trouble, our Poet Laureateship has long been what the outgoing laureate Andrew Motion has affectionately termed an "honorary joke"... more

Ted Hughes death 'was catalyst for son to take his own life'

25.03.09
The death of poet Ted Hughes and not the suicide of his mother Sylvia Plath, finally drove their son to take his own life... more

History repeats as Sylvia Plath’s son kills himself

23.03.09
With the discovery that Nicholas Hughes hanged himself at the age of 47, a cruel and bitter legacy of depression and suicide continues to haunt one of Britain’s most famous literary families... more

Ted Hughes' son found hanged

23.03.09
The widow of Ted Hughes has broken a lifetime of virtual silence about her turbulent family to express sadness at her stepson's suicide... more

There are no holds barred with poets in a prize fight

06.03.09
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Dark side of Plath's maternal instincts in Three Women

08.01.09
Those who like to wallow in a little self-indulgent melancholy in these cold, dark, cash-strapped days could do worse than plump for Three Women. ... more

Wrong notes in The Cordelia Dream

17.12.08
Marina Carr's two-hander, The Cordelia Dream, hitches a ride on the back of King Lear but is unceremoniously shrugged off.... more

Just Me: Sheila Hancock on coping with life without her beloved John

05.09.08
A nation mourned after actor John Thaw passed away. Now his widow Sheila Hancock shares her wise, funny and deeply poignant account of how she rebuilt her life...... more

Sean Connery: The story of a brilliant but deeply flawed man

08.08.08
Word is that Sean Connery's upcoming autobiography is a heavily sanitised account of his tempestuous life. Starting today, a major Mail series reveals the real story of this brilliant but deeply flawed man. ... more

You Cannot Live As I Have Lived And Not End Up Like This by Terence Blacker

22.02.08
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Diana crash painting goes on display

16.07.07
A previously unseen painting of Princess Diana's fatal car crash is the latest controversial work from artist Stella Vine. ... more

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