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Gustav Klimt. The Park. 1910

Lawnmower poetry? Life, death and mowing Britain’s poetic obsession with the humble lawnmower revealed and explained here: via Cambridge University cam.ac.uk/stories/lawnmo…

Lawnmower poetry sounds ridiculous, until you read it. Larkin. Marvell. Motion. Machines and mortality. New research uncovers a rich, violent, tender tradition. Tom Almeroth-Williams tells us of explorations by Francesca Gardner eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cult…

A poet’s father mowed obsessively. Another smoked crack instead. Lawnmower poems span generations and emotions. Cambridge scholar Francesca Gardner says it’s time for a revival. Tom Almeroth-Williams reports. Francesca Gardner eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cult…

In 1651, Andrew Marvell described a scythe slicing a bird's breast. In 1979, Philip Larkin's hedgehog. Lawnmowers are more than tools, they're metaphors for grief, cruelty and care. Tom Almeroth-Williams reports on research by Francesca Gardner eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cult…

He killed a hedgehog with his mower. Then wrote a poem. Larkin wasn’t alone. Poets have long used mowing to confront death, addiction and masculinity. Tom Almeroth-Williams reports on Francesca Gardner's researches into a hidden literary genre. eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cult…

Francesca Gardner’s Critical Quarterly study ‘Lawnmower Poetry and the Poetry of Lawnmowers’ in the news english.cam.ac.uk/news/archives/…

“There is still time. We should be kind.” Larkin’s mower poem gave hope during the pandemic. New research shows how British poets have long used mowing to wrestle with the mess of being human. Tom Almeroth-Williams reports eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cult…

A titan died today. Alasdair MacIntyre’s writings may not be familiar to everyone, but they reshaped the landscape of moral philosophy and showed us how attending to the thought of the past can help us find our way to a more flourishing future.

Victor Hugo, Octopus, 1866-69. Medium: Ink and wash on paper.

The lawn at Brasenose's Old Quad 🌱 Credit goes to our Parks Dept for their wonderful geometric patterns 👏 📷 | Brasenose Alumni

News in brief: cows, lawnmowers, and award-winning flowers buff.ly/FU90bq3

Filming a piece on lawnmowers for tagesschau yesterday - here St Catharine's College engrossed in Dryden’s Virgil, a text central to my PhD on long 18thc pastoral poetry: ‘The Trees are cloath’d with Leaves, the Fields with Grass […]’. My thanks to MareikeAden + team!

Francesca Gardner, from St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, dubbed lawnmower poetry a "micro genre" and said now might be a good moment for its revival, says Tim Relf 👇 thebookseller.com/comment/anthol…

Movers, shakers and mowers in the poetry world (part 1) @ImcMillan NorthernGravy Sarah Wimbush Valley Press Francesca Gardner Ana Sampson McLaughlin is on Instagram Ryuto Miyake Orion Publishing Oneworld Publications Isobel Dixon Blake Friedmann Literary Agency Nine Arches Press thebookseller.com/comment/anthol…

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