Culture My future was described to me in detail by a brisk man, in a town famous for making carpets “You’re Ian McMillan!” he says, his finger jabbing the air between me and him. I nod. “You’re a poet!” he says. His voice is rising a little. By Ian McMillan
Politics As the strangers approach the bed, I wonder if this could be a moment of great gentleness By Ian McMillan
UK Politics In South Yorkshire, no-one notices an ex-miner and schoolboy reading poetry aloud By Ian McMillan
In search of feral apples and underground men My village, just outside Barnsley on the A635, used to supply the workers for lots of coal mines: Darfield… By Ian McMillan