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12 Poems about Seagulls
‘Verses written at the Hermitage of Braid, near Edinburgh’ (1771) by Robert Fergusson
“Of Course, Merlins are Different”: Frank Rennie on A Magical Raptor
The “Glitchy Atmosphere” of Grievance: Krystelle Bamford on Idle Grounds
“Our Storied Town”: Donald Smith on Edinburgh’s Explosive Literary Past
A Year of Birds (1984) by Iris Murdoch
‘Epitaph for Robert Fergusson’ (1789) by Robert Burns
“Technology is Hijacking Our Dreams”: Alice Thompson on AI, Edinburgh and Sylvia Plath
‘The Daft Days’ (1772) by Robert Fergusson
‘Kookaburra’ (1998) by Frieda Hughes
‘Address to Edinburgh’ (1786) by Robert Burns
“Ominous Whoosh”: John Thorne on Twin Peaks
“Plath’s Not a Phase”: Trish Grisafi on Breaking Down Plath
‘Stings’ (1962) by Sylvia Plath
“I Felt Like I Was Cheating on Plath”: Peter K. Steinberg on the Writings of Assia Wevill
‘The Swarm’ (1962) by Sylvia Plath
‘Electra on Azalea Path’ (1959) by Sylvia Plath
“My Mother’s Legacy is Secure”: Kate Levey on Brigid Brophy
The Snow Ball (1964) by Brigid Brophy
“Shakespeare’s Tutor”: Darren Freebury-Jones on The Influence of Thomas Kyd
The Birth of Merlin (1622) by William Rowley
The Spanish Tragedy (1587) by Thomas Kyd
Now Westlin Winds (1785) by Robert Burns
“A Festival that Focuses on Female Voices”: Sarah Corbett on Directing Plath Fest
‘November Graveyard’ (1956) by Sylvia Plath
“This Tender Substance”: Donnie Secreast on Plath’s Universal Element
‘Hardcastle Crags’ (1958) by Sylvia Plath
”It’s a Rigorous Demand”: Emily Van Duyne on Loving Sylvia Plath
‘The Jailor’ (1962) by Sylvia Plath
Creation (8 AD) by Ovid (The Metamorphoses, Book 1)
The Body Snatcher (1884) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Olalla (1885) by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Little Sister (1949) by Raymond Chandler
The Lady in the Lake (1943) by Raymond Chandler
The High Window (1942) by Raymond Chandler
Farewell, My Lovely (1940) by Raymond Chandler
The Flood (8 AD) by Ovid (The Metamorphoses, Book 1)
‘Full Fathom Five’ (1958) by Sylvia Plath
“Reading Shakespeare Through the Lives of Others”: Paul Edmondson on the Shakespeare Circle
The Tempest (1611) by William Shakespeare
‘Address to the Deil’ (1786) by Robert Burns
“She Never Wanted to Write Consoling Fantasies”: Miles Leeson on Iris Murdoch
The Green Knight (1993) by Iris Murdoch
‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ (1917) by Wilfred Owen
“It Felt Right to Reunite Them”: Emily Ingram on Writing Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley
Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelley
“Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz”: Gail Crowther on Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton
The Bell Jar (1963) by Sylvia Plath
“A Plath for all Seasons”: Eilish Mulholland on Reading Sylvia Plath
‘A Birthday Present’ (1963) by Sylvia Plath
The Giants and Lycaon (8 AD) by Ovid (The Metamorphoses, Book 1)
“It is Sort of Taboo”: Amanda Golden on Writing in the Margins
‘The Colossus’ (1959) by Sylvia Plath
“It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time”: Mark Walker on Translating the Hobbit into Latin
The Life of Merlin (1150) by Geoffrey of Monmouth
“The Right Sound for Shakespeare Should Be Your Sound”: Ben Crystal on Original Pronunciation
Richard III (1592-93) by William Shakespeare
“The Last Days of Sylvia Plath”: Carl Rollyson on Biography
The Life of Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
"A Man of Great Enthusiasms": Andrew Lycett on Arthur Conan Doyle
The White Company (1891) by Arthur Conan Doyle
"Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde": Jeremy Hodges on Katharine de Mattos
The Black Arrow (1888) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Henry VI Part 3 (1591) by William Shakespeare
"I Took a Chainsaw To It": Owen Horsley on Editing Henry VI
Henry VI Part 2 (1591) by William Shakespeare
"A Protagonist Vacuum": Hailey Bachrach on Adapting Henry VI
Henry VI Part 1 (1592) by William Shakespeare
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976) by John Steinbeck
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) by Mark Twain
Interview with Aaron Sidwell
Henry V (1599) by William Shakespeare
Interview with Debbie Cannon
Interview with Stanley Wells
Shakespeare's Sonnets (1609) by William Shakespeare
Foul Papers: Bang, Sparrowhawk!
Tam o' Shanter (1791) by Robert Burns
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1400)
A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens
Foul Papers: Irvine's a-Pervin'
'Pike' (1959) by Ted Hughes
Interview with The Show Must Go Online
Henry IV Part 2 (1597-98) by William Shakespeare
Henry IV Part 1 (1596-97) by William Shakespeare
James Patterson Bingo Part 12
Interview with Tom Williams
The Life of Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Interview with Jayme Stayer
Murder in the Cathedral (1935) by T. S. Eliot
The Sword in the Stone (1938) by T. H. White
Interview with Gregory Gudgeon
Richard II (1595) by William Shakespeare
James Patterson Bingo Part 11
Edward III (1595) by William Shakespeare
James Patterson Bingo Part 10
Interview with Michael Smith
The Alliterative Morte Arthure (1399-1402)
James Patterson Bingo Part 9
Edward II (1591-92) by Christopher Marlowe
James Patterson Bingo Part 8