Simon Armitage ‘excited to be northerner’ getting City of London freedom

Simon Armitage , who is Poet Laureate. (Victoria Jones/PA) - (PA Archive)

Simon Armitage has said he is “excited” to receive the freedom of the City of London, despite being a northerner all his life.

The Poet Laureate, who was brought up in Marsden, West Yorkshire, attended the ceremony on Wednesday at the Barbican Centre’s Conservatory, the first time it was held there.