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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Michael Rosen / ‘I have sad thoughts every day. I try not to be overcome by them’





INTERVIEW

‘I have sad thoughts every day. I try not to be overcome by them’: Michael Rosen on coping with the death of his son

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He is much loved for his daffy humour, but poet Michael Rosen’s new memoir, Getting Better, is an arrestingly honest account of devastating loss. He talks to Alex Moshakis about feeling sad, and why he’s no longer ‘carrying an elephant’