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Poet laureate Simon Armitage welcomes £5m government investment for first-ever National Poetry Centre

The centre is set to open in 2028

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2025

Hansel and Gretel review – Simon Armitage’s sugar-rush adaptation is stuffed with sweet treats

At just under an hour this bright and silly production misses the grisly bite of the Brothers Grimm’s original fairytale but there is much for kids to enjoy

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2024

Cornish tourist spot unveils spider-related haiku spun by Simon Armitage

Work first in a series from poet laureate about wildlife that exists in the Lost Gardens of Heligan

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2024

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The Guardian view on the rise of eco-poetry: writing cannot ignore global heating

Editorial: Verse’s connection to nature can inspire awareness and hope amid the climate crisis, offering clarity beyond data

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024

What is Australia looking for in its poet laureate? Literary and popular poetry don’t always intersect

The inaugural Australian poet laureate will be appointed in 2025 as part of the federal Labor government’s new National Cultural Policy, Revive.

The Conversation · Sep 16, 2024

Poems can inspire us to appreciate nature and spark positive action - Simon Armitage’s new anthology does both

Poems can invite us to appreciate the beauty around us, while motivating us to take action to protect it. Blossomise, a collection by the UK’s poet laureate Simon Armitage, celebrates the arrival of spring and the importance of nature in our lives.

The Conversation · Aug 6, 2024

Increasing diversity among leaders in football is more than a moral priority

Diverse businesses perform better – so why is sport so slow in appointing leaders from across every section of society?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2024

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Simon Armitage: ‘You’re not going to get me to say anything bad about any bird’

As part of Australian Poetry Month, the UK’s poet laureate shares his least favourite word and his most controversial pop culture opinion

The Guardian - AU · Aug 3, 2024

National Trust appoints first writer in residence at Brimham Rocks

Natalie Anastasia Davies to create works inspired by the ‘mysterious rock formations’ at North Yorkshire site

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2024

Simon Armitage: Poets can fight climate crisis by making us spellbound by nature

Writer tells Hay festival about his new book, Blossomise, and his hopes to inspire people to preserve the natural world

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

Simon Armitage releases spring-themed poetry collection celebrating blossom

Poet laureate produces 10 poems, haiku and a musical EP, working with National Trust as it renews its blossom campaign

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2024

In brief: Invisible Lines; The Owl and the Nightingale; They Fell Like Stars from the Sky – reviews

A wide-ranging look at the world’s borders, a witty update on a medieval poem, and subtly political Palestinian short stories

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2023

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 · Jul 5, 2023

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 · Apr 21, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2023

‘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 · Mar 21, 2023

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 National (Scotland) · Feb 25, 2023

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 Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023

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.

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The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023

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 Conversation · Jan 30, 2023

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 Independent UK · Jan 8, 2023

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.

Leeds Live · Jan 7, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2023

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 · Dec 13, 2022

‘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 · Nov 5, 2022

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

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