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Poems on the Underground.

Poems on the Underground archive arrives at Cambridge University Library

23 Feb 2024

Beloved poetry project archive contains letters from Nobel Prize winners and Poet Laureates

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A treasure trove of unseen writing by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney reveals a vital creative friendship

14 Nov 2020

A unique archive acquired by Pembroke College Cambridge transforms our understanding of the two poets, showing how they drew career-defining...

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Thought

Project seeks nation’s most memorised poems to investigate power of poetry ‘by heart’

02 Oct 2014

By aiming to discover the UK’s most memorised poems, a new research project – backed by a former Poet Laureate – will explore the poems that live in...

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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Poet Laureate launches major poetry and museums project

02 Nov 2012

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has invited ten of the best UK poets writing today to take part in an unprecedented series of residencies at the...

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Festival of Ideas

Festival of Ideas begins

24 Oct 2012

The UK’s biggest free celebration of the arts, humanities and social sciences begins today.

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