Keep All The Parts by Roy Young Carcanet this is writing that’s not

this is writing that’s not only beautiful but healing

and adds Tom Woodman’s informative commentary to place Cat Jeoffry in the context of Smart’s life and works

the better to see

He likes middle-length forms

The Brotherton Poetry Prize is the University's latest expression of commitment to poetry as a living art

Keep All The Parts by Roy Young Carcanet this is writing that’s notA well known conservationist once remarked that the first law of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts. The scale of our impact on the environment now amounts to more than tinkering, but the case for giving nature space to move, adapt and recover remains. Our survival may depend on restoring the ecosystems that we have damaged and disrupted. Roy Young spent his career making this argument as a scientist. In retirement he has been able to