Liberal England (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Yesterday, at a specialist children's bookshop on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, I picked up a book of pieces by Alison Uttley. They dealt with her childhood home of Cromford in Derbyshire. It put me in mind of an item I read in the Guardian in the summer, having performed the not inconsiderable feat of finding a twee, hippyish coffee shop in Desborough. That item dealt with Alison Uttley's...
Poetry & Poets in Rags (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... poems by Rabindranath Tagore have come to light, as has a hundred-year-old poem by feminist Alison Uttley. Caroline Alexander brings us new insights into the reading of Iliad. Richard Moore brings us to when science and poetry mingled. And to round out our look into the past, you can look forward to an article about the futurist Naphtali Imber. There are more than these in News at...
Poetry & Poets in Rags (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
first feminists, academics and female authors has been published after lying hidden in archives for over 100 years. A copy of the poem 'Argument' [below], written by Alison Uttley in 1903, was found in the archives of Ashburne Hall in Fallowfield, which is still used as student accommodation today. from South Manchester Reporter: Poem published after 100 years ~~~~~~~~~~~
