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Poet Selima Hill awarded King’s Gold Medal For Poetry
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoCelebrated writer Selima Hill has been awarded the King’s Gold Medal for Poetry, Buckingham Palace...
Which Wetherspoons pubs are closing in London and across the UK?
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoWetherspoons is set to dwindle somewhat in 2023 following news that the chain is set to close...
Wetherspoons puts 32 pubs up for sale as food and labour costs rise
Sky News via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoJD Wetherspoon has announced it is selling 32 pubs due to rising food and energy costs and a lack of...
‘Lightweight’ Betjeman overlooked for poet laureate
PA Media: Entertainment via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoSir John Betjeman, one of the best-loved British poets of the 20th century, was initially overlooked as poet laureate because he was considered a...
The 50 best Christmas shows, concerts and films to see this December 2023
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn song: A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story, Mark Gatiss’s adaptation of Dickens, is on at Nottingham...
All the poets turned down for the laureate in 1968
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoProminent poets of the era — including John Betjeman, WH Auden, and Philip Larkin — were disparaged, accused of being drunkards, snobs, communists,...