Poetry

Dylan Thomas 'plagiarised other poets' repeatedly as schoolboy

He became a literary legend but as a schoolboy the young Dylan Thomas has been found to have copied poems.

In 1986 the first Poems on the Underground appeared as part of an "art for all'" project.

Sonny Green says the chance to have his work used as part of the display was "mind-blowing".

Steven Beattie, who works at the Royal Stoke Hospital, is to be Stoke-on-Trent's next poet laureate.

The deadline to enter the competition is 15 January 2026.

Profits from Words on a NE Street are handed to organisations in the north-east of England.

Annie Kissack's new collection of about 70 poems includes some written in the Manx language.

Photographer Ian Beesley and poet Ian McMillan's pamphlet looks at the benefits of going to the pub.

The literature festival returns to Wolverhampton from 6-8 February.

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