Carol Ann Duffy was the first ever female Poet Laureate of the UK and the first to be born in Scotland. I can think of no good reason why she should not be included in the Scottish curriculum.

God Comes with a Hair Dryer by Anandi Kar is an anthology of poems brimming with nostalgia, resilience, and a yearning for ...

In his follow-up to the award-winning The Final Year, poet Matt Goodfellow continues his mission to reach and give a voice to ...

Past winners include T.S. Eliot Prize winner Sinéad Morrissey, former Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Jamaican poet James Berry.

Both productions have been reimagined by former Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and feature a community cast alongside ten professional dancers. In the family friendly version, narrated by Lindsay ...

According to Barry Didcock ("What Scottish literary great should be next in culture war slaughter?", heraldscotland, February ...

It's an old song”, Hermes (Christine Anu) sings at the opening of Hadestown, but“we're gonna sing it again and again”. Based ...

DUBAI, 7th March, 2018 (WAM) -- The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature held its landmark event, 'For the Love of Words', at Dubai Opera ... Imtiaz Dharker, Carol Ann Duffy, Roger McGough, Grace ...

I only feel it, and I’m torn in two. Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image reminiscent of Elizabeth Bishop ...

Frost’s approachable verse and appealing rural subjects brought him legions of admirers. His personal life was shot through ...

Executive producers Kate Bartlett and Antonia Gordon of Silverprint Pictures took on the tale of an "obsessive relationship" ...