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Carol Ann Duffy is named Poet Laureate

8 May 2009 | by Ben Whitehouse | Tags: , , , ,
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Carol Ann Duffy has been named as the new Poet Laureate, the first woman to be appointed in the 341-year history of the post. She's the first woman, the first mother, the first lesbian to be appointed to the post. She was widely regarded as the runner up to the post when Andrew Motion was [...]

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