Molecules, metaphors and the place of science in culture

One is contained within the other, but how does that manifest itself?

The Divine Comedy: Charmed Life review – the Poet Laureate of Pop Music collected

More than just a condensed version of 30 years of Neil Hannon’s work

‘As one 80-year-old to another’: Michael D Higgins wishes Bob Dylan Happy Birthday

President references Wordsworth poem Michael in letter to singer-songwriter

Why you shouldn’t work from bed (and a guide to doing it anyway)

The lure of bed is hard to resist for any home worker. Or it may have become a necessity

Dial-a-poet: Cocooners to benefit from ‘uplifting’ verse

Poems to be read over the phone to combat isolation as part of Poetry Ireland initiative

Wordsworth’s daffodils were not lonely – or even alone

Former rugby player Ollie Campbell said he enjoyed the poem because it was ‘simple, like myself’

Words to Live By (two metres apart) on World Poetry Day 2020

‘Leaving the oncology ward, I wondered what I was going to do with myself’

Daffodil Centres offer vital support for people during and after their cancer diagnosis

Like the book? Why not visit the author’s home?

For a book tour with a difference, visit some of the literary world’s most interesting homes

Flaubert’s travel diary goes up for auction for €600,000

The handwritten book reveals the Madame Bovary author’s literary struggles, and is part of an auction cache that includes first editions of works by Goethe and the Marquis de Sade

Scottish bard Ossian ‘fabricated’ from Irish mythology

Researchers link mathematical properties of ‘epic’ texts to hero tales of Fenian cycle

British shops warned over customers eating daffodils

Bulbs mistaken for onions and leaves for Chinese vegetables, warns health body

The Loafing Heroes: raggle-taggle songs about Casement and Kierkegaard

The band want to bring back the fine art of loafing, along with a few more serious concerns

Billie Barry funeral ‘perfectly-choreographed celebration’

Barry instilled ‘confidence, competence and creativity’ into generations of children