I apologise for an editorial that is perhaps less personal and more around the business of what the magazine is trying to do, but these past few months have been some of the busiest – but I hope that this [...]

I remember Nia Davies taking the stage at the 2019 Gestures Conference in Manchester, nestling up to a long table bedecked with mics from panel discussions and pulling one towards her. Without a word, she placed a punnet of blackberries [...]

Richard Scott was born in London. His pamphlet Wound (2016) won the Michael Marks Poetry Award in 2016 and his poem ‘crocodile’ won First Prize in the Poetry London Prize 2017. His first book Soho (2018) was a Gay’s the Word book of the year and was shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize, a Costa Book Award, and a Forward Poetry Prize. His poetry has been translated into German and French. He is a lecturer in creative writing at Goldsmiths, University of London, and he teaches poetry at Faber Academy. His latest collection, That Broke into Shining Crystals (2025), was a Poetry Book Society Choice. Shortly after its release, poet Serge ♆ Neptune corresponded with Scott about channelling writers from previous generations, and the transformative, healing power of crystals that reverberates through his work.