He urges us to savour the perfect couplets, delicate words, and clever quips by learning these exquisite poems by heart. Born in Germany, he moved to London at the age of three and, after his education at New College, Oxford, he began his career in television.

Dancing by the Light of the Moon : Gyles Daubeney Brandreth

Full of over 250 of the nation's best-loved poems, this book will teach you the secrets of how to improve your memory and boost your brainpower. Brandreth focuses on memorising it, giving us at first a whole plethora of reasons why this is fun and useful.I loved the variety of poems in this anthology, together with tips for improving memory and how to learn poems by heart. It was an interesting concept of learning poetry to keep your brain ticking over - worth thinking about! It's wonderful and so much fun' Dame Judi Dench _______For every moment in your life, there is a poem.

Dancing By The Light of The Moon: Over 250 poems to read Dancing By The Light of The Moon: Over 250 poems to read

A brand-new collection of Britain's best-loved poetry, handpicked by Gyles Brandreth Following the recent success of the bestselling Have You Eaten Grandma? We honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuous connection to Country, waters, skies and communities.More importantly, shower thoughts of all kinds can now be put down in wondrous expressions, unrestrained and uniquely mine. You have to take your time with a book like this, and that's what I purposely did (it took me around 9 months to read it page by page, but it's because I have reread many poems and took my time with it).