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Who is in the Royal Box on the third day of Wimbledon?

The Royal Box is usually occupied by members of the royal family, celebrities and public figures

The Independent UK

Hexham Book Festival is under way with big name authors and children's Storyland to come

Guests to annual literary festival, running until April 30, include Robert Hardman, Susannah Constantine, David Dimbleby, Simon Armitage and Alexander McCall Smith

Chronicle Live

‘I’m a CBE, I’m poet laureate so I’m clearly not a republican am I?’: Simon Armitage on his radical roots and rock star dreams

When Simon Armitage left his job as a probation worker to become a full-time poet his dad was horrified. Is the former young subversive turned royal appointee now part of the establishment?

The Guardian - UK

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Simon Armitage savours spring ‘ecstasy and melancholy’ on World Poetry Day

Poet laureate celebrates a plum tree in poem commissioned by the National Trust for its blossom campaign

The Guardian - UK

Flying Scotsman visits Edinburgh to mark 100th anniversary

THE Flying Scotsman surprised travellers as it pulled into the Scottish capital to celebrate 100 years in service.

The National (Scotland)

Flying Scotsman steams into Edinburgh to mark centenary

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage read a poem dedicated to the locomotive and dancers and musicians performed in the station.

The Independent UK

New Simon Armitage poem to mark 100 years of Flying Scotsman

The Poet Laureate described the world-famous locomotive’s ‘rippling bodywork pouring with sweat’.

The Independent UK

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Australia is to have a poet laureate – how will the first appointment define us as a nation?

Poetry has often been a matter of nation building, including in Australia. Who hasn’t learnt by heart at school some verses from My Country (1908) by Dorothea Mackellar?

The Conversation

Leeds kickstarts Year Of Culture 2023 with a bang

It comes after the city was denied a chance to become European Capital Of Culture after Brexit.

The Independent UK

Leeds 2023 The Awakening visitors in tears and blown away by powerful opening

Today's show at Headingly Stadium kicked off the year-long Leeds 2023 Year of Culture celebrations

Leeds Live

Leeds 2023: city to kick off year-long festival with ‘epic’ opening ceremony

Organisers plough on with plans after Brexit meant Leeds missed chance to be European capital of culture

The Guardian - UK

‘Something for everybody’: Dua Lipa joins Margaret Atwood on Hay festival 2023 lineup

Pop star and Booker prize winner will both appear at the literary festival in Wales next year along with rock duo the Proclaimers and poet laureate Simon Armitage

The Guardian - UK

What connects The Bear star Ebon Moss-Bachrach and poet Simon Armitage?

By a series of cunning connections involving Lena Dunham and Forward prize winner Caleb Femi, we speed all the way from a Chicago diner to the UK poet laureate

The Guardian - UK

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

The poems will be broadcast during the BBC’s special week of centenary programming this month.

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Poet laureate Simon Armitage’s tribute to Queen Elizabeth includes her favourite flower

Simon Armitage calls his poem a ‘gift in return’ to Britain’s longest-serving monarch in exchange for a ‘promise made and kept for life’

The Independent UK

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

Floral Tribute references one of the late monarch’s favourite blooms and takes the form of a double acrostic.

The Guardian - AU

Queen’s coffin arrives at palace – as it happened

Queen Elizabeth’s coffin will rest overnight in Bow Room as thousands lines London’s streets

Wales Online

Poignant poem marking death of Queen written by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage

Yorkshireman pens Floral Tribute following the passing of Elizabeth II

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The Guardian - UK

Prom 33: BBCSO/Wigglesworth review – an evening of fizzing and sparkling mysticism

Matthew Kaner’s mystical new work, the gently glittering Pearl, is effective and engaging, with Roderick Williams its supremely communicative centre

Manchester Evening News

The stunning village an hour from Manchester with a starring role on TV

It’s also home to Great Britain’s largest canal tunnel

The Guardian - UK

Royal family shares poem in tribute to the late Prince Philip by poet laureate

The Patriarchs – An Elegy shared via royal social media accounts on first anniversary of Duke of Edinburgh’s death

The Independent UK

Royal family release elegy for Duke of Edinburgh on anniversary of death

The first anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh’s death has been marked by the royal family with the release of an elegy, written and voiced by the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage.

Daily Record

The Queen shares touching poetic tribute to Prince Philip a year after his death

The elegy, written by the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, was posted to the royal family's social media accounts on Saturday.

Wales Online

Royal family shares poem tribute to Prince Philip on anniversary of his death

The elegy, written by the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, was posted to the royal family’s social media accounts on Saturday

Evening Standard

Royal family share poem tribute to Prince Philip on anniversary of his death

The elegy, written by the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, is accompanied by a poignant video showing images from Duke of Edinburgh’s life.

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