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The September Art Diary includes The Sainsbury Centre, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Cross Lane Projects, Strawberry Hill House & Garden

Women belong to the moon and vice versa. As the world slows down in a collective gasp to witness the history-making landing of Chandrayaan-3, let this be a primer on how women across time and space have been linked to the celestial body.

A series of creative workshops packed with practical exercises, designed to help you flex your writing muscles – led, this month, by the poet Ella Frears

Learn the key aspects of shape, tone, language and poetic form, and create work that excites you, with the T. S. Eliot nominated poet Ella Frears

‘Through writing, I examine how I’ve been compromised by fears, stillness that some may call the blues, other’s ennui, or even laziness.’

The poet on narcissism, her favourite reads, how a poem is born and her wish to publish her grandfather Dharmendra’s Urdu poetry

Two food podcasts go deep on research and light on tone, while high-pressure poetry and chaotic pitches enliven two literary shows

London’s bookworms are in for a treat with several great book and literature festivals coming to London this year.

Humour, beauty, solace ... the right poem can bring a ray of sunshine. Andrew Motion, Kayo Chingonyi, Tishani Doshi and other poets recommend the verses that lift their spirits