It was the mid-80s. I was thirteen. My Nan was housebound. Every couple of weeks I’d go to Bulwell library and take out some books for her. ...

Francis Spufford was born in 1964; he describes growing up in a golden age of reading, comparable to the heyday of J.K. Rowling and Phili...

Poetry Reading by Douglas Dunn and Rory Waterman, h osted by Nick Everett, at Literary Leicester Festival, 2017 We descended metal and...