Philemon and Baucis entertain two great gods to a meal of boiled bacon and radishes; Actaeon, out hunting with his hounds, stumbles upon the goddess Diana; and more. A translation of the "Metamorphoses" of Ovid into English, this book aims to capture Ovid's delight in the variety of the physical world, along with its beauties and horrors.

Some Do Not ... is an unforgettable exploration of the tensions of a society facing catastrophe, as the energies of sexuality and power erupt in madness and violence.

Dissects modern life and relationships with insouciant honesty and ruthless wit, and love poems that evoke feelings with. This book includes an extract from the opening chapter of the author's second psychological thriller, "Hurting Distance".

A delightfully wise and playful collection from one of our most senior poets, offering a feast of sensory experience.

The definitive collection by the former Archbishop of Canterbury. Released to coincide with Easter, this collection includes a visionary sequence of poems from Remembering Jerusalem, about a trip to the Holy Land at Easter.

Features a poem in which four individuals are haunted in different ways by what they have not forgotten. This is a collection in which, whether recent or distant, personal or cultural, the past is keenly felt. The poems range from the barbaric civility of the classical world to the perplexed certainties of the present.

An edition of one of the twentieth century's finest narrative poems about the English countryside. Offering a poetic response to the First World War, it talks about a fox-hunt, English countryside and community. It also includes an introduction setting the poem in its historical context and detailed notes.