A practical treasury of the best-loved verse in the English language

The work of Britain's best loved poets, based on an original 1918 series

The Terrible Rain, a companion volume to Brian Gardner's anthology of the poetry of the First World War, Up the Line to Death, has established itself as a classic collection of poetry of the Second World War

Since its original publication over forty years ago, Brian Gardner's Up the Line to Death has established itself as a classic anthology of the poetry of the First World War

"One of the funniest men alive" (New Statesman); "As a comic poet he's unrivalled" (Time Out)

This volume from John Hegley contains poems about Luton and string, dogs and logs, trains and Roman remains

Embrace The Family Pack as if it were a long-lost brother" The Glasgow Herald

A freshly re-jacketed classic from "comedy's poet laureate" The Independent

"One of the funniest men alive. He's in the tradition of Edward Lear, Stevie Smith, Ivor Cutler and Roger McGough" (Adrian Mitchell, New Statesman & Society)

The work of Britain's best loved poets based on an original 1918 series