AKALA:'Can we ever know exactly what happened at Cold Knap Lake?' Gillian Clarke shows us just how difficult that is but she also proves that great poetry, along with our imagination can recapture ...

How does cold weather affect daily life? Write a poem about a snowy day. Now you know a lot about snow and where it comes from, try writing a poem about a cold winter's day.

If "April is the cruelest month," then January is the grimmest, when measured by temperature and human sentiment.