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Queen joins celebrations at British Library to mark National Year of Reading

Camilla gathered with 150 volunteers and schoolchildren at the event in London.

The Independent UK

From camels to crocodiles, the first zoo vets had to learn on the job

Letters: Readers respond to the Guardian’s picture essay showing a year in the life of London zoo vets

The Guardian - UK

Thursday news quiz: insurance scams, drinking games and errors of biblical proportions

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

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Our Freedom: Then and Now explores what freedom means to Brits, 80 years after the second world war

Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, Our Freedom: Then and Now is a nationwide photography project exploring how communities understand freedom.

The Conversation

Poet laureate Simon Armitage pens London Zoo poem to celebrate 200 years of ZSL

The Moon And The Zoo was described as a ‘powerful reminder of the role people can play in the future of wildlife’.

Evening Standard

‘The Moon and The Zoo’: Simon Armitage poem celebrates 200 years of ZSL

Zoological Society of London commissions poet laureate for animation to mark its 200th anniversary

The Guardian - UK

‘Keep slaying the dragon inside’: Simon Armitage pens poem for World Cancer Day

Poet laureate tackles ‘daunting’ commission from Yorkshire Cancer Research to mark charity’s centenary year

The Guardian - UK

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The best poetry books of 2025

From Seamus Heaney’s collected poems and Simon Armitage’s animal spirits, to prizewinners Karen Solie and Vidyan Ravinthiran

The Guardian - UK

Poem released in honour of Pink Floyd's seminal LP Wish You Were Here by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage

The new poem pays tribute to the "creativity" of late frontman Syd Barrett.

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Pink Floyd commemorated in new poem from Poet Laureate Simon Armitage

Pink Floyd will release Wish You Were Here 50 on various formats on December 12

Louder

Simon, you crazy diamond: Armitage poem marks 50 years of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here

Poet laureate pays tribute to ‘message in a bottle tied to a life buoy thrown from a ghost ship’ released when he was 12

The Guardian - UK

Tony Harrison, poet and dramatist, dies aged 88

Known for his outspoken politics, the author was acclaimed for work in theatre, opera, film and TV but wanted to be thought of as a poet above all

The Guardian - UK

Poem of the week: Nest Box by Simon Armitage

A drunk old man’s report of sighting an angel opens on to much broader mysteries

The Guardian - UK

Henley Literary Festival announces partnership with The Independent for third year running

Guest speakers will include Graham Norton, Joanna Lumley and Michael Morpurgo

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Simon Armitage: ‘The nub of being poet laureate seems to be being asked what the point is of being poet laureate’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The esteemed writer speaks with Claire Allfree about the misconceptions of his royal role, why all nature poetry is now innately conservationist – and that infamous and ‘scary’ Morrissey interview

The Guardian - UK

Simon Armitage: ‘Our pace of life is unhelpful to nature, it’s burning it up’

Exclusive: Poet laureate says new book, inspired by wildlife at Cornish garden, is a plea for humans to slow down and reflect

Evening Standard

Claudia Winkleman to host Traitors Prom as BBC reveals line-up for 2025 season

US musician St Vincent and British conductor Sir Simon Rattle also feature in the series of Proms.

The Independent UK

BBC Proms 2025: Full line-up revealed, including first-time Traitors Prom

86 star-studded Proms will be held across the eight-week festival

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The Independent UK

Simon Armitage ‘excited to be northerner’ getting City of London freedom

He performed a reading at the ceremony.

The Guardian - UK

Foodie thefts, lottery wins and Roman rulers – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Independent UK

Poet laureate Simon Armitage welcomes £5m government investment for first-ever National Poetry Centre

The centre is set to open in 2028

The Guardian - UK

Hansel and Gretel review – Simon Armitage’s sugar-rush adaptation is stuffed with sweet treats

At just under an hour this bright and silly production misses the grisly bite of the Brothers Grimm’s original fairytale but there is much for kids to enjoy

The Guardian - UK

Cornish tourist spot unveils spider-related haiku spun by Simon Armitage

Work first in a series from poet laureate about wildlife that exists in the Lost Gardens of Heligan

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the rise of eco-poetry: writing cannot ignore global heating

Editorial: Verse’s connection to nature can inspire awareness and hope amid the climate crisis, offering clarity beyond data

The Conversation

What is Australia looking for in its poet laureate? Literary and popular poetry don’t always intersect

The inaugural Australian poet laureate will be appointed in 2025 as part of the federal Labor government’s new National Cultural Policy, Revive.

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