Guardian, 23 January 2014: "The award-winning poet's modern take on the Canterbury Tales to come complete with ladettes, rappers and self-help gurus."

About Poets: PATIENCE AGBABI

The Guardian, 11 April 2018, obituary: "One of Britain’s most popular abstract painters known for her huge vibrant canvases bursting with colour." Photograph: Antonio Olmos.

About Artists: GILLIAN AYRES

Stevie Smith pictured in 1969. Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer, 7 March 2021

About Poets: STEVIE SMITH

Clasics in Ñspel: Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 142

Clasics in Ñspel: Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 142

Clasics in Ñspel: In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 141

Clasics in Ñspel: In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 141

Keele University: Profile

About Poets: CLARE SHAW

Laika, interview, 2021: "How the sociopolitical artist confronts injustice through her powerful printmaking and drawing"

About Artists: SUE COE

The Scotsman*, interview, 2020.

About Artists: ALBERTA WHITTLE

The Observer, 18 October 2020, interview: "Turner prize winner reveals how drawing gave her comfort in lockdown." Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty.

About Artists: RACHEL WHITEREAD

The Guardian, interview, May 2017: 'I was dehumanised': Lemn Sissay on hearing his harrowing abuse report live on stage. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi

About Poets: LEMN SISSAY

The Guardian, 12 February 2020: "Sonia Boyce first black woman to represent Great Britain at Venice Biennale." Photograph: David Levene.

About Artists: SONIA BOYCE

Herald Scotland, October 2014: "Artist David Mach tells of wife's brave battle."

About Artists: DAVID MACH

The Observer, March 2016: "Jackie Kay: Scotland’s poet of the people." Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA.

About Poets: JACKIE KAY

The Observer, 15 November 2015: "Paula Rego, 80: ‘Painting is not a career. It’s an inspiration’." Photo: Antonio Olmos

About Artists: PAULA REGO

Clasics in Ñspel: Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 140

Clasics in Ñspel: Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 140

Nadhim Zahawi, who had to pay about £5m in penalties and outstanding taxes to HMRC, said his mistakes were ‘careless not deliberate’. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Tory millionaires: a party of the rich, for the rich

Observer, interview, 2015: "The painter and YBA guru on Damien Hirst and co, being savaged by Brian Sewell and his triumphant ‘late period’." Photo: Karen Robinson.

About Artists: MICHAEL CRAIG-MARTIN

Observer, interview, 2013: "I couldn't hold down a job. That's why I became an artist'." Photo: Suki Dhanda.

About Artists: GARY HUME

The Guardian, 16 January 2023: "Anthony Joseph wins TS Eliot prize for ‘luminous’ poetry collection"

About Poets: ANTHONY JOSEPH

Observer, October 2019, interview: "The artist on sock darning and homemade baked beans."

About Artists: GAVIN TURK

About Artists: COLIN DICK

About Artists: COLIN DICK

Clasics in Ñspel: O! call not me to justify the wrong – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 139

Clasics in Ñspel: O! call not me to justify the wrong – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 139

Clasics in Ñspel: THE SINGING LESSON by Katherine Mansfield

Clasics in Ñspel: THE SINGING LESSON by Katherine Mansfield

Pinwheel: "About the Poets," including profile of Zaffar Kundial

About Poets: ZAFFAR KUNIAL