It’s been described as embarrassing, clichéd or “unhelpful singsong.” Many poets dislike it too, but it’s a style they’ve learned from each other.

In 2019 when Yale Professor Harold Bloom, probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world, died at the age of 89, I wondered, who will assume his mantle as our leading ...

EOIN Devereux occupies an unusual and, in many ways, quietly radical position in contemporary Irish cultural life. Widely recognised as a cultural sociologist - known for his work on popular music, ...