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Poet Laureate Simon Armitage commissioned to mark BBC’s centenary year

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has been commissioned by the BBC to write a poem to mark the broadcaster’s centenary year. Scottish-Caribbean poet and performer Courtney Stoddart has also been chosen to write a piece, with both poems reflecting on the ...

05 Oct 2022 at 16:27

Thousands of pupils to access free school trips

Thousands of pupils will have access to free school trips following the lockdowns of the pandemic, it has been announced. Train company Avanti West Coast will offer free school trips on its mainland route to 5,000 pupils aged four to 18 as part of ...

25 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Entertainment

Host of stars to read poetry at event raising money for Ukrainian refugees

Dame Harriet Walter and Juliet Stevenson are among the stars who will join Ukrainian poets to raise money for the humanitarian crisis. The Poets for Ukraine fundraiser will be held at the JW3 in London on Sunday evening, with the funds raised ...

24 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Harriet Walter: We mustn’t tar Russian people with same brush as their leaders

Dame Harriet Walter has said Russia is doing “terrible harm,” but we must not “tar the Russian people and the Russian language with the same brush as its political leaders”. The star of the screen and stage, 71, will join a star-studded ...

25 Mar 2022 at 19:25

Racing

Echoes of Numbersixvalverde as Longhouse Poet claims Thyestes glory

Longhouse Poet could tread a familiar path for Martin Brassil after gaining the trainer a first Goffs Thyestes Chase success since Numbersixvalverde in 2005. The gelding was in fact Brassil’s first runner in the race since then and ...

27 Jan 2022 at 17:55

Racing

Echoes of Numbersixvalverde for Brassil with Longhouse Poet

27 Jan 2022 at 18:55

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage on ‘personal’ poem for the Queen

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has said he used the Queen’s name in his tribute piece to her because it was a name the late monarch probably rarely got to hear as it would often have been prefaced with “ceremonial nominals”. His ...

13 Sept 2022 at 10:53

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage marks death of Queen with poem

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has written a poem to mark the death of the Queen. Floral Tribute is composed of two stanzas of nine lines each, describing the coming of a September evening and the appearance of a lily as “a ...

13 Sept 2022 at 01:01

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County Derry environmental issues influenced Seamus Heaney's writing

Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy will host a talk shedding light on how the County Derry environment and its pollution influenced Heaney's outlook and writing. It will explore how Heaney’s poems not only focused on ...

04 Jan 2023 at 14:33

Scotland

‘Captivating’ poet Jackie Kay takes to Braemar’s Burns Night stage

Scotland’s former Makar, the national poet, Jackie Kay will take to the stage of St Margaret’s Braemar on January 23. A spokesperson for St Margaret’s Braemar said: “The ‘in conversation’ event, chaired by renowned ...

10 Jan 2022 at 00:25

Horse Racing

Longhouse Poet tunes up for National with Down Royal victory

Longhouse Poet advertised his Randox Grand National claims with victory at Down Royal on Friday. Martin Brassil’s charge was one of three Aintree entries, along with Roi Mage and Farclas, to line up in the ...

17 Mar 2023 at 16:51

Horse Racing

Longhouse Poet primed for repeat of National service

After two near-misses at Cheltenham last week, trainer Martin Brassil could do with a change of luck as he prepares Longhouse Poet for another run in the Randox Grand National next month. Having his first ...

24 Mar 2023 at 09:18

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