Poems on the Underground archive arrives at Cambridge University Library
23 February 2024Beloved poetry project archive contains letters from Nobel Prize winners and Poet Laureates
A treasure trove of unseen writing by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney reveals a vital creative friendship
14 November 2020A unique archive acquired by Pembroke College Cambridge transforms our understanding of the two poets, showing how they drew career-defining inspiration from a little known friendship circle, and a shared passion for Ireland, water and fishing, spanning five decades.
Project seeks nation’s most memorised poems to investigate power of poetry ‘by heart’
02 October 2014By 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 our collective memory, and the value of keeping poetry in our heads and hearts instead of just the page and screen. Is there a poem inside your head?
Poet Laureate launches major poetry and museums project
02 November 2012Poet 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 University of Cambridge, supported by Arts Council England.
