For Jeremy Bentham, a philosopher, poetry was simply writing that “fails” to reach the end of the line. For W.H. Auden, a poet, poetry was that which “makes nothing happen”. Arnold Bennett, a writer, ...
The world’s leading authority on child lore and nursery rhymes, Iona Opie combined a grace of spirit with a capacity for the daily toil of fact-grubbing research that knew few equals. Working for ...