Might the answer to such questions be that Rudyard Kipling was, remarkably, all of the above? Kipling (1865-1936) was the world’s best-selling author for about 20 years, the youngest-ever winner ...

This week, Rudyard Kipling's If, that epic evocation of the British virtues of a 'stiff upper lip' and stoicism in the face of adversity, will once again be named as the nation's favourite poem.

In 1895, the Nobel Laureate and author of the famous children’s book, The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling, wrote a phenomenal poem called If. Kipling wrote it out of his life experiences ...