English is a tricky language to learn. Native speakers may take this for granted, failing to realize how intricate—and inconsistent—many of its pronunciation rules are. For instance, why do heart, ...

When I was at university, I studied archaeology. Archaeology is the study of the physical past. Archaeologists dig. They might find the edge of a pot or a bone and then slowly brush away the dirt and ...

SIMON:I wrote this poem in the early nineties. It's interesting to write about homelessness because it's a real visible manifestation of something that's not working properly in society. SIMON:These ...

Unseen poems written by Cecil Day-Lewis and W H Auden for a former schoolboy pupil in 1930 have come to light, showing a list of off-the-cuff rhymes in stark contrast to their most famous works. The ...