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Andrew Motion: ‘Wilfred Owen became a kind of sacred text for me’

The former poet laureate on growing up with Lawrence Durrell, rereading Henry James and getting to grips with the genius of Alexander Pope

The Guardian - UK

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Gravity Archives by Andrew Motion; Rabbitbox by Wayne Holloway-Smith; Strange Architectures by JL Williams; I Do Know Some Things by Richard Siken

The Guardian - UK

John Morgan obituary

Graphic designer who dispensed with the traditional prayer book aesthetic in Common Worship for the Church of England and produced lettering for HMS Victory

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25 of the best poetry books to read in 2025

Delve into the hypnotic world of lyrical literature

Evening Standard

The Penguin Book of Elegy by Andrew Motion and Stephen Regan review – surprisingly uplifting

From Charlotte Brontë grieving Emily to Ted Hughes lamenting a lamb, this exceptional anthology of poems is full of scholarly discernment

The Guardian - UK

Sleeping on Islands by Andrew Motion review – candid stories from the former poet laureate

A revealing memoir illuminates the conflict between wordly success and creative freedom

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Malone obituary

Other lives: Founder and chief executive of Nottingham Community Housing Association

The Guardian - UK

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The Drifted Stream audiobook review – Andrew Motion celebrates poetry’s rich oral tradition

David Rintoul and Shaheen Khan are among the actors who read from Motion’s anthology of British and Irish poetry, spanning from the 14th century to the present day

The Guardian - UK

Philip Larkin at 100: Why the morbid curmudgeon still belongs in schools

A century after the poet’s birth, Larkin’s friend and biographer Andrew Motion talks to Kevin E G Perry about his controversial prejudices, his keen sense of mortality and why he continues to deserve a place on the national curriculum

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