Without high emotional intelligence, individuals like St. Teresa of Calcutta would not have impacted our world so profoundly. We need these individuals to open our eyes so we may be more empathetic ...

The 17th-century author was a celebrity in her day, well known for her plays, novels, and poems. The Queen looked stunning in a beige Anne Valentine coat, which she paired with a Zeus + Dione ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.

He didn’t read book reviews—or so he claimed—and he didn’t write them, preferring instead to let his poems find their natural audience, which turned out to be a wide one. He mocked ...

A 'devoted mother' has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) after her symptoms were initially mistaken for benign muscle twitches caused by stress. Holly Turner, 45, had already lost ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...