Jacob Polley and a Jar of Honey

Back in those heady days of 2009, with the news dominated by bankers’ bonuses and MP’s expenses, the BBC launched a campaign to let poetry into our lives. On 28th January that year, BBC Director-General Mark Thompson announced a deeper commitment to arts and music on the BBC, with a range of initiatives to support…

Moontide by Niall Campbell

Like the title, Niall Campbell brings a nocturnal ebb and flow to the sixty-two poems of his first book-length collection. Moontide by Niall Campbell | Photo © Bloodaxe Books Campbell’s début pamphlet After the Creel Fleet (Happenstance Press 2012) introduced one of the most distinctive lyrical voices to emerge from Scotland in recent years. Campbell…