Mean TimeThe Poet Laureate's fourth collection, winner of the 1993 Forward Poetry Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Award.

an unexpected correspondence flourishes as they discover shared passions: for history and nature

starting with the very first poets whose names we know - Taliesin and Aneirin

and may be found guilty of another crime that carries with it an even greater penalty

for useless objects left behind by loved ones

George is in need of rescue - both from this pickle and from himself

all designed to help us analyse our personal style of thinking

the children's block

packed with tragedy

and everything to lose

she finds herself instead caught up in the glamorous actress's death

in places that range from his father's scrap metal yards

Robert Peston will go through it all