Jérôme Sueur’s “Natural History of Silence” and Pico Iyer’s “Aflame” explore the quiet (and the sounds) that sustain us ...

As part of Xpress' annual Wellness Issues, we asked six local poets to share their thoughts on the benefits of slowing down and being present in the moment.

Our language has become a brittle shell, too fragile to hold the magnitude of our collective grief. Yet, in this poverty of words, there is an unexpected wealth: the profound presence of silence.

In an attempt to escape the world's anxious hum, one chronically overstimulated writer booked into a silent retreat – no reading, no writing, no eye contact – to spend 10 days turning into his psyche.

The poet says that while censorship in a dictatorship is nothing new, the same in a democracy feels like entering a new totalitarianism ...

Widely acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes has been appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 to 2028. In the ceremony of ...

We are not actually here, and it is not 2024. It’s 2020, and we are in Paris," observed Nilanjana S. Roy, flipping through A ...

The funeral of acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley has taken place in Belfast. Mr Longley died in hospital at the age of 85 on 22 January. The poet is survived by his wife Edna and children Rebecca ...

I think there is something special about female lead novels with a twist to them. I enjoy anything that keeps me on the edge ...

Hours after @TheRoyalFamily Instagram account unveiled a new portrait of King Charles to commemorate Burns Night—the celebration of the life and work of Scotland's bard, Robert Burns—the Prince and ...

"Celebrating the beauty of Scotland, the power of nature, and the poetry of Robert Burns. Happy Burns Night," they captioned the Reel, which featured aerial footage of Scotland against lines from ...