Writers

Culture
Comrades in art
As young Communists in 1950s Britain, Soviet children’s literature transformed our world view.

By Michael Rosen
24 October
Culture
Michael Rosen: Everything, all human life, is history
To live with this paradox of history, being on the one hand “gone” yet at the same time being “with us at all times”, is what it is to be human.
By Michael Rosen
06 February
Politics
Michael Rosen: Confessions of an accidental communist
The author on his childhood, his parents' life in the East End and where he parted from Christopher Hitchens in talking about his identity.
By Michael Rosen
23 May
Culture
Out of the toy cupboard
Children’s authors are rarely asked for their opinion on how to get children reading. Why not?
By Michael Rosen
05 March
Culture
A minotaur in the maze
Ted Hughes's "Last letter" leaves the mystery unsolved.
By Michael Rosen
19 October
Culture
One Jewish culture, many voices
Have we really sleepwalked into multicultural segregation? The poet Michael Rosen visits the reopene
By Michael Rosen
05 April

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