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Duffy to donate Laureate money to poetry prize

01.05.09
Carol Ann Duffy, who will be unveiled as the new Poet Laureate, will give up her stipend to fund an annual poetry prize... more

Ten years late, this lesbian icon is the right poet for the nation

01.05.09
After considerable dithering and havering, Carol Ann Duffy has agreed to take on the position of Poet Laureate... more

Forget 'honorary jokes': Carol Ann can show us why poetry matters

01.05.09
With its token £5,750-a-year salary and case of wine for your trouble, our Poet Laureateship has long been what the outgoing laureate Andrew Motion has affectionately termed an "honorary joke"... more

The two poets in Motion's slipstream

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Duffy dithers over whether to become first female laureate

29.04.09
The appointment of the new Poet Laureate descended into farce as the woman offered the role pondered over whether to accept it... more

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A great lover's labour is lost

12.11.07
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