Sheep – Michael Mackmin

If I invert Sir Philip Sidney’s famous maxim (‘to teach and to delight’) I get a statement, of sorts, that the key to learning to be a reader of poetry is in the ability to learn and to be delighted. And here’s something that will help tune you...
New York: A Little Poetry Adventure

New York: A Little Poetry Adventure

I recently undertook a bit of a poetry adventure. It was across the pond, in a place called New York. I heard once that a lot of poetry comes from there and I went to see for myself. And it’s true! The rules and agenda for this adventure were simple: 1) Find a...

Young Poets Feature Update

Apropos nothing really, I awoke the other morning to a disturbing noise – a little bit like a large person wrestling a drunk whale might sound. I was pretty sure it wasn’t me. It couldn’t have been my digestion, for example – that tends a...

Younger Poets Feature: Update

The submissions doors are now closed and Flight Rialto U35 is underway. It looks to be a smooth one so far, with perhaps a little turbulence, but generally good weather is forecast. We’ve checked the cargo bay for stow-away over 40s and other potentially...
An Evening with Andrew Motion and Les Murray

An Evening with Andrew Motion and Les Murray

On Tuesday 18th May, The Rialto will take part in an event in Partnership with Writer’s Centre Norwich, as part of the Norfolk and Norwich festival (NNF2010), to be held at the playhouse on St George’s Street in Norwich which will help to celebrate...