The Owl and the Nightingale by Simon Armitage Ben North Poetry heightens the tension and

Poetry heightens the tension and drives the narrative telling the personal and human story of one of the most important legal judgements in English Law—that necessity is not a defence for murder—and is still taught at universities the world over

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to his tragic final months

Both intensely lyrical and permeated with a sophisticated scientific understanding of the universe

The Owl and the Nightingale by Simon Armitage Ben North Poetry heightens the tension andFollowing his acclaimed translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl, Simon Armitage shines light on another jewel of Middle English verse. In his highly engaging version, Armitage communicates the energy and humour of the tale with all the cut and thrust of the original. An unnamed narrator overhears a fierce verbal contest between the two eponymous birds, which moves entertainingly from the eloquent and philosophical to the ribald and