An emblem of medieval pilgrimage gains fresh resonance in a more recent time of plague
An emblem of medieval pilgrimage gains fresh resonance in a more recent time of plague
Scallop Shell
See them at low tide,
scallop shells glittering on
a scallop-edged shore,
A single missing word in the 1902 poem sparks a deeper look at rhythm, dialect and longing
A collective dash for shelter in the city takes on a spiritual, near-religious power
A new work by Stephen de Búrca
The moon becomes the witty image of an isolated and contemptuously neglected elderly relation
A strange, humorous, mysterious window out of trauma is both desolate and decorative
A melancholy December vision in Liverpool invokes a Dickensian ghost with more worldly but still warm realism
