The novel, based on Edward Lear’s journal, successfully brings to life the English nonsense poet’s year-long sojourn in India ...

At my Dad’s funeral we read nonsense poems because he loved them. It brought a collective smile to a difficult day. Song lyrics, limericks, raps, nursery rhymes, TV and radio jingles – poetry is all ...

You can imagine how I felt. It is for such reasons that I close my ears to serious poetry. What I prefer are verses by the likes of Dorothy Parker, Odgen Nash, or my eternal favourite, Edward Lear.