Patrick McGuinness teaches French and Comparative Literature at Oxford University. His next book of poems, Jilted City, appears in March next year, followed by a novel about the last months of the Ceausescu régime in Romania, The Last Hundred Days.He is writing a book about poetry and radical politics of the left and right in late 19th Century France.

Culture in a vacuum: Welsh arts coverage in the English language media

For English language writers, poets and artists, Wales is an exciting place to be, with plenty of support and quality work. So why does our media and our education system seem intent on killing it by neglect?

Say no to No Platform

The BNP is not a supernatural force, and will not be defeated by political exorcism ceremonies such as the No Platform policy. It’s time our mainstream politicians took to the stage and took the fascists’ arguments apart