The Poet Laureate looks into a tiger’s eyes, holds a giant African land snail in the palm of his hand, and stands in the middle of a room full of spiders as he drafts a brand new animal poem ...

Simon Armitage wants to know why we are captivated by unicorns and other fantasy animals. Do they help us think about real animals, and can they help him write his new animal poem? In this episode ...

Williams’ first solo book of poems celebrates all kinds of different animals, such as the coiling cobra, a “crosseros rhinoceros”, and the “chimpantease”, while touching upon ...