Steven Morris

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Steven Morris

His new poems celebrate the extraordinary homes of the creatures tucked away, usually out of sight, within the verdant nooks and crannies of the Lost Gardens of Heligan. But during a stroll with the Guardian around the sub-tropical garden on the south coast of Cornwall, the poet laureate, Simon Armitage, explained how the pieces could also be taken as a plea for humans to slow down, think about the damage we are causing to the natural world and, hopefully, do something about it.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Steven Morris

The spot where the wildfire broke out could hardly have been worse. Cut Hill is one of the most remote and highest peaks on Dartmoor, miles from any road, a place of tussocky, ankle-turning terrain. And the weeks of hot weather meant the molinia, the moorland grass, was as tinder dry as farmers here can remember it at this time of year. Once it took hold, on Sunday, the fire raged. “It was challenging, a really big one,” said Dartmoor sheep farmer Tracy Day. “It’s so remote out there.

1 week ago | stageraw.com | Steven Morris

Reviewed by Julyza CommodoreLatino Theater Company/Water People TheaterThrough May 25RECOMMENDEDThe Delicate Tears of The Waning Moon is just as heart wrenching as it is timely. Inspired by true events and written by Venezuelan playwright, actress and human rights advocate Rebeca Alemán, it sheds light on the violence against journalists aiming report events accurately.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Steven Morris

The Welsh first minister and leader of the Welsh Labour party has said she is “losing patience” with UK Labour and made it clear she is “tacking to the left” as she tries to counter a growing threat from Reform UK and Plaid Cymru. Eluned Morgan told the Guardian she wanted Keir Starmer to rethink policy changes on welfare and the winter fuel allowance and described the Labour party as a “messy family”.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Steven Morris

Human friendship groups are complex – and often fraught – but a study of mountain gorillas has found that their societies can also be head-scratchingly complicated. The study, which took in 20 years of health data involving 164 gorillas in Rwanda, discovered that the costs and benefits of being close to others changed depending on the size of groups and differed for males and females.