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Andrew Motion RSS feedOur writers are allowed to pick a pocket or two
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You can lay many faults at the door of Sir Andrew Motion but plagiarism is not among them2009-11-13T08:25:12ZMotion 'rips off historian' in Remembrance poem
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Sir Andrew Motion has been accused of 'ripping off' a military historian's research for his Remembrance Sunday poem about shell-shocked soldiers2009-11-09T10:43:55Z£20 million of art received in death deals
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2009-11-05T16:19:24ZFinding a copy of your free Evening Standard
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Your London Evening Standard is now available through more than 500 retailers in an effort to meet overwhelming demand since it became a free newspaper2009-10-12T07:47:53ZWhat Universities have done for us
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2009-09-28T07:17:18ZPlease don’t tell me my hero has feet of clay
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I am in mourning for one of my favourite Sixties pop songs, California Dreamin’, by The Mamas and the Papas2009-09-25T08:03:18ZA fitting tribute to the greatest Cockney poet - John Keats
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With Keats House, the Heritage Lottery executives have got it right and bestowed their largesse on preserving something priceless2009-07-24T07:58:50ZTennis - it's a fortnight, not a game
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SPORTING events turn us all into instant experts. Cometh the World Cup, cometh our intimate knowledge of "catenaccio" and Cameroonian goalkeepers. Then, when the jamboree folds up, so does our dossier of facile judgments.2009-06-29T07:50:56ZTriumph of love and tax: Titian left to the nation goes on show
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A £1million painting by Titian given to the nation in lieu of death taxes will go on show at the National Gallery next month2009-06-23T07:43:54ZConcert celebrates Cambridge's 800th anniversary
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The City of London Festival programme juxtaposed two big choral pieces by Peter Maxwell Davies with a new one by John Harle.2009-06-22T23:00:00ZChampion of picture books named Children's Laureate
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Author and illustrator Anthony Browne was announced as the Children's Laureate, and described how picture books helped families to bond2009-06-09T13:49:41ZLondon is a poet's playground
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From Seamus Heaney's <cite>Underground </cite>underworld to Andrew Motion's Thames trek, London is a poet's playground. Adam O'Riordan explores the capital's text appeal2009-05-21T15:09:52ZSound check: My word! It's a rap
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Rising MC Speech Debelle is the latest performer to bring music to Bookslam, the literary nightclub that's breaking new ground.2009-05-22T10:57:22ZKeats casts spell on Cannes star
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Rising star Ben Whishaw has described falling in love with the poetry of John Keats as he prepared for his new movie, a contender for the Palme d’Or prize at Cannes2009-05-15T13:46:00ZForget 'honorary jokes': Carol Ann can show us why poetry matters
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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"2009-05-01T08:26:40ZTen years late, this lesbian icon is the right poet for the nation
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After considerable dithering and havering, Carol Ann Duffy has agreed to take on the position of Poet Laureate2009-05-01T14:50:21ZDuffy to donate Laureate money to poetry prize
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Carol Ann Duffy, who will be unveiled as the new Poet Laureate, will give up her stipend to fund an annual poetry prize2009-05-01T08:27:32ZDuffy dithers over whether to become first female laureate
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The appointment of the new Poet Laureate descended into farce as the woman offered the role pondered over whether to accept it2009-04-29T09:19:41ZLet's not panic - at least, not yet
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The very possibility that swine fever has reached Clapham has brought the global scare uncomfortably close to home in London2009-04-29T08:03:54ZLocals reveal world heritage with museum treasures
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Hidden stores of the nation’s museums will be opened up as part of the Olympic cultural legacy in a £6 million scheme2009-04-28T11:12:33ZNo room for me at this Chatto reunion
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One of my first jobs after leaving university was to work for the feminist publisher Carmen Callil2009-04-01T07:54:18ZAmerican boy makes good
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I think I owe Kevin Spacey a belated apology2009-03-18T09:01:54ZCherish the Victorians' style and vision - but don't forget their slums
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2009-03-06T11:50:33ZNewcomer wins £15,000 poetry prize after tragic death of rival
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A newcomer has beaten favourites Glyn Maxwell and Mick Imlah to take one of the most prestigious prizes in poetry2009-01-13T09:13:41ZHere’s the Queen’s church, here’s the steeple ...
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... and inside the newly renovated St Martin-in-the-Fields there’s still room for all the homeless people...2009-01-13T13:52:20ZTributes pour in for legendary literary agent Pat Kavanagh
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Tributes poured in for Pat Kavanagh, the legendary literary agent and wife of novelist Julian Barnes, who has died from a brain tumour2008-10-21T08:21:11ZBeing Laureate does not inspire poetry in Motion
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The Poet Laureate has revealed that during his nine years in the role his works have failed to provoke a single response from the Queen2008-09-10T08:39:30ZBring some romance into choosing our Poet Laureate
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In some ways, Andrew Motion has been the perfect Poet Laureate. As a poet, Motion has never shown the tiniest inkling of talent at any point in his career - and this lucky chance has freed him to perform the public duties of the laureateship without anybody worrying that he is betraying his genius2008-05-20T08:24:27ZStand up for Larkin, the true poet of the people
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When Philip Larkin died in 1985, he was much the best-loved poet since the war (with the possible exception of Betjeman). That all changed with the publication of Larkin's previously uncollected poems and, in 1992, his Selected Letters. They revealed a lot more about Larkin and earned him excoriation as a racist and misogynist, fascist and porn addict2008-02-29T13:57:18ZI was a bard behind bars, says Doherty
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Pete Doherty has revealed how poetry kept him sane during his time behind bars. He said he adopted a character inspired by the French poet Paul Verlaine to survive.2006-10-03T08:59:04Z