Seamus Heaney was a visionary bulwark against small-mindedness. When the Irish poet died suddenly in 2013, at age 74, a benign literary presence was robbed from us. The posthumous publication of his ...

The publication of “The Poems of Seamus Heaney” is an occasion to celebrate the Nobel Prize winning poet whose work extends Ireland’s extraordinary literary lineage. Heaney takes his place alongside ...

The winner of the PEN Heaney Prize 2025 is Tom Paulin's "Namanlagh." The prize was announced at a ceremony held at the ...

Nobel laureate’s niece Suzanne and husband Mal tell of how beer making at the family farm where he grew up just outside Bellaghy can help honour his legacy The niece of Seamus Heaney has said that ...

It is tempting to start a piece of analysis on the state of the UK poetry market with a rhyming couplet, but unfortunately – or perhaps fortunately – there are not many poets whose names or works ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Wellwater by Karen Solie (Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and a joint ...

...Seamus O'Muineachain is like the unassuming dinner guest who never needs to clamor to be heard, but can chip in a keen insight when a little space opens up. We all know how the world is, ...

Liam Scales admits he's gutted to see Martin O'Neill go - but can't wait to get working under new boss Wilfried Nancy. O'Neill bowed out of Parkhead with a gritty 1-0 win over Dundee on Wednesday ...

What was your biggest fear about this process? Oh, it was everything. You’ve gotta be confident. Otherwise, why bother doing it? I mean, I didn’t do this to fail. At the same time, once we started the ...