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  • November 18, 2016
    Remembering well: poetry, pity and truth

    The 2016 season of remembrance is over. But the challenge of how to remember well never leaves us.

  • June 14, 2016
    Poetry, silence and the common ground

    Last week, a social media conversation with a Catholic and and Anglican on the subject of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poetry concluded with the Anglican (who

  • June 11, 2016
    Manchester Cathedral poetry competition 2016

    Entries are invited for the Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition 2016.

  • October 4, 2015
    George Fox, Jeremy Corbyn and the value of waiting.

    “'Up wi' thee, George', says God. And being up,
    He saw the Lancashire sea, and God's people,
    Waiting to be found.”

  • June 9, 2015
    Logic, poetry and the myth of disenchantment

    Issues surrounding the “disenchantment” of language in modern times are complex, writes Melanie Barbato from Ludwig Maximilians University. Shifts in how language is supposed to be used can tell a lot about power relations. But like other judgements that are called aesthetic, political, religious or rational, they are mingled with the myths we have come to hold true.

  • April 9, 2015
    The noise made by poetry and why power is afraid of it

    Ask most parents what they want for their children and the answers will be overwhelmingly on the lines of wanting them to be happy, good, well-balanced and fulfilled individuals.

  • April 18, 2014
    Easter, Jim Cotter and R. S. Thomas: silent etchings and torn reason

    The Rev Jim Cotter died early in Holy Week. Jim was known to many thousands of people through his books, articles, personal struggles, ministry, public speaking and spiritual direction over the years. Ekklesia co-director Simon Barrow remembers him with gratitude, highlighting the connection between his life and that of one of his spiritual and wordsmithing mentors, the great Welsh poet R. S. Thomas.

  • March 11, 2013
    The Monarch of Wit: a celebration of the life and mind of John Donne

    A live performance, followed by a discussion, on the Life and Work of John Donne will take place at 4.15pm, Thursday 14 March 2013. Martin Hall, New College, the University of Edinburgh, EH1 2LX. The show is entitled 'The Monarch of Wit: a celebration of the life and mind of John Donne'.

  • August 22, 2012
    Jackie Kay's voice is 'passionate and strong'

    Highly regarded novelist, poet, playwright and writer for screen and stage, Jackie Kay, will be reading from her poetry at the Festival of Spirituality and Peace tomorrow (23 August), as part of the popular 'Poetry in the Persian Tent' series.

  • August 22, 2012
    Poetry in the Persian Tent: schedule

    Scotland's Makar (national poet), Liz Lochhead, along with Jackie Kay, Vicki Feaver, John Glenday, Aonghas MacNeacail and Stewart Conn will be performing at the prestigious Poetry in the Persian Tent reading series at The Festival of Spirituality and Peace this week.