Quote of the day
The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
Craig Raine

Born: December 3, 1944 (age 80)
Bio: Craig Anthony Raine is an English poet. Along with Christopher Reid, he is the best-known exponent of Martian poetry. He was a fellow of New College, Oxford from 1991 to 2010 and is now emeritus professor.
Known for:
- How Snow Falls (2010)
- History (1994)
- In Defence of T. S. Eliot (2000)
- More Dynamite: Essays 1990-2012 (2013)
- Haydn and the valve trumpet (1990)