Events Database

25 historical macro events · 2010–today

Filtered by:poet laureate✕ clear
DateEvent
Aug 21, 12Surprise artwork pops up for witches on Pendle Hill
Aug 15, 12Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy on the Pendle witches
Jun 11, 12Natasha Trethewey named US poet laureate
Apr 26, 12Book dealers court the press at their peril
Apr 18, 12Ted Hughes's brother to publish memoir
Apr 10, 12Poet Laureate takes on the witches
Mar 30, 12Lavinia Greenlaw wins Ted Hughes award 2011 for new work in poetry
Mar 25, 12Silver: Return to Treasure Island by Andrew Motion – review
Mar 16, 12Andrew Motion: 'The day I stopped being laureate, the poems that had been very few and far between came back to me'
Mar 1, 12Poet laureate composes Olympics 2012 tribute
Jan 31, 12Carol Ann Duffy and Geoffrey Hill: truly poetic heavyweights
Dec 6, 11Ted Hughes to take place in Poets' Corner
Nov 21, 11Leeds academy unveils mural of Carol Ann Duffy's Mrs Schofield's GCSE
Nov 2, 11Northern poets gather to support the Poetry Book Society
Mar 13, 11Angela Carter's unknown poems reveal the celebrated writer's passion for verse
Mar 2, 11Poetry in Motion: why poetic drama has something new to say
Jan 2, 11Scotland stalls on new poet laureate
Dec 24, 10'Snow' by Carol Ann Duffy
Oct 7, 10Unknown poem reveals Ted Hughes' torment over death of Sylvia Plath
Jul 10, 10The Shirt by Carol Ann Duffy
Jun 30, 10Manchester prepares for its first children's book festival
Mar 31, 10Alice Oswald wins inaugural Ted Hughes award
Mar 19, 10Carol Ann Duffy the classicist (on David Beckham and Achilles)
Mar 16, 10Carol Ann Duffy's poem for David Beckham is an ode to enjoy
Jan 7, 10Too much rap, not enough proper poetry, says former laureate