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Newly released files reveal bitter infighting over Poet Laureate appointment
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoSir John Betjeman, who famously penned the poem Slough, was initially overlooked for the honorary...
All the poets turned down for the laureate in 1968
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoProminent poets of the era — including John Betjeman, WH Auden, and Philip Larkin — were disparaged, accused of being drunkards, snobs, communists,...
Decision to end Evening Standard's daily edition is heartbreaking but its history proves the power...
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoFor anyone who cares about newspapers, the announcement that London's Evening Standard is to close...
Eurostar: New EU border checks won't cause passenger 's***-show' at St Pancras, bosses pledge
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoEurostar passengers at St Pancras station in London will not face chaos when new EU border checks...
Your Friday night playlist curated by south London band HMLTD
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs they release their dystopian second album The Worm, Isobel Van Dyke discovers lead singer Henry...
The life of Queen Elizabeth II, The Eighties: Charles and Diana
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoIt was billed as the “wedding of the century” by the press. As the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert...
Philip Larkin at 100: Why the morbid curmudgeon still belongs in schools
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoA century after the poet’s birth, Larkin’s friend and biographer Andrew Motion talks to Kevin E G...
Bring back school libraries to rescue kids from TikTok
The Telegraph via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoThe late Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman thought the haberdashery department of Peter Jones in...
Griff Rhys Jones calls for ‘massive public outcry’ over Liverpool Street redevelopment plans
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoActor and comedian Griff Rhys Jones has called for a “massive public outcry” against plans to...
Royal Mint begins production of first coins for circulation featuring the King
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoProduction of the first coins of the King for circulation has started at the Royal Mint, beginning...