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New Edition: The Thames And I: A Memoir of Two Years at Oxford

New Edition: The Thames And I: A Memoir of Two Years at Oxford

Translated by the late Sir Hugh Cortazzi and first published in hardback in 2006, this reprint in softback is published to mark the ascendancy to the imperial throne of Japan of Crown Prince Naruhito in 2019.

Video: How to Haiku: Beyond 5 7 5

Video: How to Haiku: Beyond 5 7 5

Paul Conneally, haiku poet, introduces the key elements of haiku in this video, illuminating some of the common pitfalls and misunderstandings of what haiku is about.