Poet laureate Simon Armitage welcomes £5m government investment for first-ever National Poetry Centre
Poet laureate Simon Armitage has welcomed the news that the government is investing £5m into the development of the National ...
University of Leeds15h
Cultural hub for Leeds as poetry centre funding confirmed
A new National Poetry Centre, spearheaded by Professor of Poetry and Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, is to receive a ...
Poetry centre and old Ikea get share of £67m culture fund
Plans to convert a Leeds church into a National Poetry Centre and a former Ikea in Coventry into a visitor attraction are ...
The Bookseller1d
National Poetry Centre to receive £5m in government investment
The government has pledged £5m in support of the National Poetry Centre’s new home in Leeds.
Opinion
Lay off Carol Ann Duffy: she's a writer Scotland should be proud of
Where I do disagree with Mr Hodgart, however, is in his choice to single out the apparent popularity of one writer, Carol Ann Duffy, among contemporary English departments. He is mistaken in his ...
The UK1d
£30m for Yorkshire cultural projects get the green light
Investment for National Railway Museum, the British Library North and National Poetry Centre National Railway Museum steams ...
End of the road for Kolkata's beloved yellow taxis
Kolkata locals cherish their city's past, which is why many in the one-time Indian capital are mourning a vanishing emblem of ...
New Left Review13d
Making Games
Art is for making games’, he writes, ‘that’s the message for today’. But even among his admirers it feels as if there’s a lingering misconception about Raworth: that because his work is funny, ...