The Scottish Ambassador by Robert Crawford Alice Oswald and the medieval abbess Hildegard

and the medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen

a bomb goes off

this anthology brings together all the anthems

and celebrating the immediate beauty of the world

Menna Elfyn's Bondo is her latest collection in Welsh and English

The Scottish Ambassador by Robert Crawford Alice Oswald and the medieval abbess HildegardOne of Scotlands most celebrated poets, Robert Crawford has long been a passionate and articulate ambassador for his country and its culture, its people and its landscape. The Scottish Ambassador fuses individual and communal voices in poems that resonate far beyond their points of origin. Engaging with Zoroastrian, Chinese and Greek as well as with Scottish antecedents, Crawfords poems have an arresting range and a lyrical energy. He negotiates with