Three Reading Women in a Summer Landscape by Johan Krouthén (1908). WikiCommons

Ten compelling poems about climate change – chosen by our experts

These poems span over 200 years and a range of emotions, from sorrow, to fear and hope.
When Children Are Asleep by Thomas Faed (1885). Walker Art Gallery

Silence: a brief literary history

Without silences, we wouldn’t have the exquisite hush of medieval lullabies, the suspenseful secrets of the realist novel, or jagged modernist poetry.

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