A.E. Housman (1859–1936) had a talent — perhaps the greatest in the history of English poetry — for making difficult verse look simple, as the Sun pointed out when Housman’s “When I Was One-and-Twenty ...

I recorded a previous Housman poem, "When I Was One-and-Twenty", some months ago -- you can see that here. Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the ...

AE Housman’s poem, like the tree it celebrates, is much loved. Very few displays in nature’s extensive repertoire can match the impact of cherry blossom. There may still be a nip in the air but boughs ...

From your school days you may remember A. E. Housman’s poem that begins, “Loveliest of trees, the cherry now/ Is hung with bloom along the bough.” Here’s a look at a blossoming cherry, done 120 years ...

Robert Browning's poem, Home Thoughts, from Abroad, was one of my favourites during the year I spent as an au pair in Italy many years ago. Like him, I had loved the mild Mediterranean winter and ...