Tristram Fane Saunders

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Tristram Fane Saunders

The other day, while gawping in wonderment at the dashboard of a Tesla, Donald Trump coined a memorable phrase: “Wow – everything’s computer!”I couldn’t help thinking of Douglas Adams. Not Adams’s ideas on democracy – though they’re worth quoting: people who want to rule over others are “those least suited to doing it...

2 months ago | msn.com | Tristram Fane Saunders

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2 months ago | yahoo.com | Tristram Fane Saunders

The wait is over, the hour has come. In December, we asked you for verse on the theme of “Time”, for our annual poetry competition. And now it’s finally time to reveal the winner. But words like “now”, “time” and “finally” can be very flexible things – as many of your poems proved. So please bear with me for a minute or two (try not to look at your watch) while I complain about the quality of this year’s entries.

Jan 15, 2025 | msn.com | Tristram Fane Saunders

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Jan 13, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Tristram Fane Saunders

The £25,000 T S Eliot Prize has a disappointing format. Every year, thousands gather at the Southbank Centre to hear poems from 10 shortlisted books, but leave without learning who’s won. The winner is announced at a tiny, invite-only affair the following day. This year, I’m glad that anti-climax happened behind closed doors.