'Despite occasional interference ...': Simon Armitage's poem 'Transmission Report' celebrates 100 years of the BBC
The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, has published a poem to mark 100 years of the BBC. ‘Transmission Report’ was broadcast on the BBC’s The One Show, which was rebranded The 100 Hundred Show for a week. The poem, below, is performed in a video by Armitage, along with Jodie Whittaker, Professor Brian Cox, Carol Kirkwood, Clara Amfo, Jay Blades, Huw Edwards, Ralf Little, Craig Revel Horwood, Romesh R...
30th October 2022
Five debut collections in 'unflinching, alive, haunted' TS Eliot prize shortlist
Organisers have announced the shortlist for the £25,000 TS Eliot prize, selected by judges Jean Sprackland (chair), Hannah Lowe and Roger Robinson. The list includes one previous winner, and five debut collections. Jean Sprackland said: “The 10 shortlisted books are unflinching in their explorations...
14th October 2022
Walking poet retraces steps for another look at City
A writer who published a poetry map of the nooks and passageways of the City of London has retraced her steps by issuing a second edition of the map, 11 years on. Eco-poet and walking artist Lucy Furl...
12th October 2022
Widow of Ted Hughes objects to fox sculpture planned for poet's birthplace in Mytholmroyd
The widow of former poet laureate Ted Hughes has objected to a new sculpture being built to commemorate him in his birthplace of Mytholmroyd in West Yorkshire, saying: “This project, the design of the...
9th October 2022
Long-established poetry magazine in drive for more subscribers
A poetry magazine that has been going for 30 years is aiming to increase its number of subscribers, and to avoid “less palatable options”. South magazine comes out twice a year, and is unsubsidised, n...
8th October 2022
Veteran radical poet Tom Pickard reads at Newcastle protest rally
Veteran radical Tyneside poet Tom Pickard took part in an Enough is Enough rally in Newcastle on Saturday, one of a number of demonstrations that took place in cities around the country at the weekend...
2nd October 2022
Write Out Loud Woking marks six years with anthology
A Write Out Loud open-mic poetry group has just published its first anthology. Finding Our Voices – The First Six Years has been masterminded by Rodney Wood, co-host of Write Out Loud Woking with Greg...
1st October 2022
