Britain’s got talent, but don’t trust these clowns to find it
Stewart Lee
When nuance and context are lacking, anything more challenging that a dancing dog will provoke a Twitter storm and a thumbs down from Cowell and Walliams
Craig Raine should be free to express a fleeting moment of horniness
Sophie Hannah
The Twitterstorm unleashed by his absurd, lustful Gatwick poem is sheer bullying. Poets must be able to expose imperfect feelings
Books blog
Craig Raine poem prompts Twitterstorm
Seventy-year-old poet’s Gatwick, fantasising about a young airport worker, unleashes stream of parodies
December 2013
More Dynamite: Collected Essays 1990-2012 by Craig Raine; Cristina and Her Double: Selected Essays by Herta Müller – review
More Dynamite: Essays 1990-2012 by Craig Raine – review
December 2012
Heartbreak by Craig Raine – review
Craig Raine's debut novel is a fragmented, world-weary examination of the failings of love, writes Anita Sethi
November 2012
Bad sex awards 2012 shortlist leaves out JK Rowling and EL James
The Casual Vacancy and the Fifty Shades trilogy overlooked for dreaded literary prize
February 2012
Critical eye
Critical eye: book reviews roundup
New Ways to Kill Your Mother by Colm Tóibín, Capital by John Lanchester and The Divine Comedy by Craig Raine
Love poems: writers choose their favourites for Valentine's Day
Is there a perfect love poem? Authors and poets choose those verses that have special meaning for them
The Divine Comedy by Craig Raine – review
Jem Poster considers Craig Raine's tale of tangled sexual liaisons
November 2011
Books of the year 2011
A novel about a dinner-party guest who won't leave, a history of Henry VII, an inquiry into madness … Which books have most impressed our writers this year?
September 2011
Rereading
William Golding's The Spire
William Golding's 1964 novel about the building of a spire is a study of bringing the near-impossible into being. His writing is no less miraculous, argues Craig Raine
May 2011
Robert McCrum on books
Is the happy ending making a comeback?
Robert McCrum
From a fairytale wedding to news of an unlikely cab ride – are audiences regaining their appetite for cheerful stories? By Robert McCrum
March 2011
Poetry in brief: How Snow Falls by Craig Raine and The Night Post: A New Selection by Matthew Sweeney – review
Poetry in brief: How Snow Falls by Craig Raine and The Night Post: A New Selection by Matthew Sweeney – review
January 2011
How Snow Falls by Craig Raine – review
Craig Raine's first collection in 10 years is typically fearless, writes Kate Kellaway
December 2010
Carol Rumens's poem of the week
Poem of the week: How Snow Falls by Craig Raine
Carol Rumens: This week, startling metaphors conjure something of the transfiguration that comes with the beginning of love
November 2010
The Saturday poem
The Saturday poem: For Pat Kavanagh
The Saturday poem: For Pat Kavanagh by Craig Raine
October 2010
Nina Raine: a great ear for anger
Nina Raine's Tribes features a furious, foul-mouthed academic. Why do people think it's based on her father, the poet and critic Craig Raine? By Maddy Costa
