Then the poem exclaims, “Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, / And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!” “If–” by Rudyard Kipling was recently voted “the most beloved poem in Great ...

They replaced the wall mural with 'Still I Rise' by Maya Angelou saying Kipling stood for the 'opposite of liberation, empowerment and human rights' STUDENTS painted over Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If’ ...

There is nothing unusual about a pair of old friends ( who are also veteran stage actors ) to meet for a long-overdue reunion in Tinsel Town to share a few memories and a few laughs. There's nothing ...

The poem is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet's son, John. If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you;If you can trust yourself when all men ...

Angry students have painted over 'the nation's favourite poem' because they believe its author Rudyard Kipling was a racist. The much-loved 1895 work 'If' - which has repeatedly been voted the UK's ...

Was he an aggressive, unapologetic, booming colonialist or a deeply troubled, increasingly pessimistic anti-imperialist? An advocate of martial values and stout public-school patriotism, or a hater of ...

Camilla's previous roles at The Telegraph include Chief Political Correspondent and Education Editor. And while on the investigations team, she worked on an exposé of corruption in English football.

Kipling scholars are celebrating the publication of lost poems by the author whose exhortations in "If" to "keep your head when all about you / Are losing theirs and blaming it on you" are regularly ...

Gone are the days when good and great poems were taught, sought after, and appreciated. Could it be that this interest has been taken over instead by TV series binging or downright movie streaming? “I ...