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Poet laureate tackles ‘daunting’ commission from Yorkshire Cancer Research to mark charity’s centenary year
Cancer is a subject the poet laureate Simon Armitage has always shied away from. “I find it …
84 days ago
From Seamus Heaney’s collected poems and Simon Armitage’s animal spirits, to prizewinners Karen Solie and Vidyan Ravinthiran
Many of 2025’s most notable collections have been powered by a spirit of wi…
4 months ago
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Poet laureate pays tribute to ‘message in a bottle tied to a life buoy thrown from a ghost ship’ released when he was 12
It was derided by some critics as self-indulgent and “gimmicky” when it was rel…
5 months ago
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48Kg by Batool Abu Aklee; Paper Crown by Heather Christle; New Cemetery by Simon Armitage; Red Carpet by Steve Malmude, edited by Miles Champion
48Kg by Batool Abu Akleen, translated by the poet, with…
7 months ago
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Devendra Banhart finds mysticism in Acquiesce, Snail Mail gets chills from Stand By Me and Johnny Marr chooses an absolute curveball as 17 musicians analyse the reunited band’s genius
• Simon Armitage…
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Ahead of the first tour date tonight, the former poet laureate explores the ‘brotherhood and chemistry’ that forged the band, repelled the Gallaghers and brought them together again
In retrospect it a…
A drunk old man’s report of sighting an angel opens on to much broader mysteries
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When the drunken old fool
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8 months ago
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From Disney World, Oasis and the Magic Roundabout to Mini-Me and Oddjob, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
1 Which lines of latitude are defined by the midnight sun and polar night?
2 Who was …
9 months ago
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Exclusive: Poet laureate says new book, inspired by wildlife at Cornish garden, is a plea for humans to slow down and reflect
His new poems celebrate the extraordinary homes of the creatures tucked aw…
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Midden Witch by Fiona Benson; Dwell by Simon Armitage; Nature Matters edited by Mona Arshi & Karen McCarthy Woolf; Lode by Gillian Allnutt; Silk Work by Imogen Cassels; A History of Western Music by …
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