Longley’s strain of humour emerged in ‘Mr 10½‘, about a fruity Robert Mapplethorpe photograph, with the poet imagining a ... Ice-Cream Man”, linked the list of ice cream flavours Longley ...

Michael Longley, who has died aged 85, was a poet whose graceful and careful work made him one of the most cherished writers ...

Michael Longley, who has died aged 85, was a poet whose graceful and careful work made him one of the most cherished writers in Northern Ireland and, for some, the English-reading world. Longley’s ...

In an interview with The Irish News in October, Longley still refused to refer to himself as a poet. “You mustn’t take yourself or your work too seriously,” he said. “If someone describes ...

Burns, principal benefactor of the John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections at Boston College, which holds premier collections of manuscripts and first and early editions of all ...

Irish poet Michael Longley has died aged 85. The acclaimed poet was born in Belfast in July 1939 and lived in the city until his death. Mr Longley went to school at Royal Belfast Academical ...

The Irish poet, author and broadcaster Brendan Kennelly has died aged 85. Mr Kennelly published over 30 books of poetry and received numerous awards, including the Irish PEN Award in 2010 for his ...

He was the last of the great Northern Irish poetry triumvirate. He and his close friends, Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, were part of a loose, convivial and brilliantly disparate group of young ...