Charles Martin

The first part of my title comes from, and refers to, W. H. Auden, who once said, “When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes.” The “Imagiste,” spelled in the French manner that Ezra Pound was so fond of, is, I hope to demonstrate, Donald Justice, a poet who wrote in, and cherished, traditional forms but who had been deeply influenced by Modernism.

After a by-election had been triggered in Gorton & Denton, all eyes were on Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, who had put his hat in the ring to become the Labour candidate for the seat, which has been viewed as his first step in the process in a bid to take Starmer’s crown.

After a by-election had been triggered in Gorton & Denton, all eyes were on Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, who had put his hat in the ring to become the Labour candidate for the seat, which has been viewed as his first step in the process in a bid to take Starmer’s crown.