Claire Hanna says ‘those of us who want to talk about a new Ireland have an obligation to spell out a lot more exactly what we mean by that’
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney 1939-2013 – “The space we stood around had been emptied” (Clearances, The Haw Lantern, 1987)
The poet and editor on keeping a loved one’s memory alive, his literary journal Irish Pages and his regard for Seamus Heaney’s work
Belfast has a healthy literary scene, closely connected with Queen’s University, whose creative writing tutors include poets Gail McConnell and Stephen Sexton
The body of a young male was found in an area made famous by the work of the late Nobel laureate poet Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney and Czeslaw Milosz were firm friends and Nobel laureates. A writer’s residency has been established in Kraków in their memory
Q&A: The author of Pure Filth on being a ‘roaming Catholic’, the problem with inviting Turgenev to dinner and the state of poetry
From unhappy beginnings, he finally found his place as a champion and publisher of a glittering and eclectic assortment of poets
The historian discusses an array of subjects, including the damage wrought by Brexit, comparing WB Yeats and Seamus Heaney, and why ‘the whole revisionism thing is over’
Patrick Kavanagh may not have used the word in his poetry, but Seamus Heaney did
Belfast-born poet’s writing was vast in its contemplation of time and mortality
These magical correspondences often contain a word or phrase that later make their way into art
Jen Herron recalls an experience that goes a long way towards explaining why she both loves and hates writing competitions
It’s no surprise the poet’s work had such a deep and immediate impact on me. I am also the son of farming stock
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