Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
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)