NPR asked for your poems inspired by memories of home. What we received was overwhelming: 1,400 submissions in just two days, with lines that draw on all five senses — in vivid detail and gauzy memories.
In our callout, NPR resident poet Kwame Alexander and Morning Edition host Rachel Martin looked to one poem in particular: "Where I'm From" by Appalachian poet George Ella Lyon. Lyon herself responded to our callout and left something in our submission inbox: Read More...
Homes in towers for sale – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Scale the heights with these high-living properties, from Suffolk to Northumberland
Jill Papworth
Main image: Fantasy : Tower : Oddington, Gloucestershire Photograph: Simon Foster/Knight Frank Fri 7 Feb 2020 07.00 GMT Last modified on Fri 7 Feb 2020 14.07 GMT Culford, SuffolkDating from 1890, this water tower was designed by architect William Young and the cast iron tank by H Young & Co (which also produced the sphinxes at Cleopatra’s Needle). Read More...
Paul McCartney thinks John Lennon‘s harmonica riff helped give The Beatles‘ “Love Me Do” a “terrific sense of longing” that “touches the soul.” It’s simple yet powerful. That wasn’t the only time one of them added something magical to the other’s songs. Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote ‘Love Me Do’ at Paul’s childhood home In his book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that he and John wrote “Love Me Do” at his childhood home, 20 Forthlin Road. Read More...
