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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Charity appoints first-ever poet-in-residence to write poems about London's bridges

A writer has beaten more than 170 applicants to become the first-ever poet-in-residence tasked with celebrating London’s bridges in verse.

Cecilia Knapp, a 31-year-old based in Hackney, has been selected by the City Bridge Foundation to take on the coveted year-long role.

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