The Good Library Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Mike Thorne was made chair of the Advisory Council on Libraries about 2 years ago. Andrew Motion became chair of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Commission (the MLA) earlier this year. They are both certainly jolly clever and very nice people. However in each case there is and has been a notable lack of any sign of life or interest in public libraries since they took up their (presumably...
Bryan Appleyard (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Good news - Dick Madeley's . Don't forget to pop over and say hello.Meanwhile BBC 1 showed a lot of the last night. Like most, I used to pour a fair bit of scorn on Charles and his unstoppable flow of opinions and Trusts, but over the years the scorn has waned and been replaced by a good deal of admiration. A remarkable man in a remarkable situation, who inspired not written, needless to say, by Andrew...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Andrew Motion visits the 109-year-old survivor of the first world war trenches
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Andrew Motion the poet laureate is among a group of writers and artists who have joined a campaign to block a housing development on rural land with historic connections.
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
From The Guardian: Karl With, the German art critic who published a life of Marc Chagall in 1923, began his book with two definitions: "Chagall is Russian" and "Chagall is an eastern Jew (Ostjude)". He went on, "One part of...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
. . . and hopes it speaks eloquently to you, too : "The point is not that poetry will turn out to speak to everyone with an equally great power, and not that it has to be dumbed down to make it approachable. The point is that more and more opportunities exist for people to decide whether poetry speaks to them or not."
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Few things give better voice to our deepest feelings than a poem, says Poet Laureate Andrew Motion as we celebrate National Poetry Day.
ReadySteadyBlog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Issue 5 of The International Literary Review has just gone live. It contains: ... new work by many writers including Gillian Beer, Andrew Motion, Stanley Wells, Christopher Lane and Lawrence Venuti. Guest Artist for this Issue is Tom Phillips. ( More... )
Hugo Schwyzer (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... to live in three separate centuries. May this Armistice Day not be their last. Poet Laureate Andrew Motion’s Five Acts of Harry Patch is very fine. My favorite bit: …life is like that now, suddenly and gradually everyone you know dies and still comes to visit or you head back to them, it’s not clear which…
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Amid the alarm over this week's John Llewellyn Rhys Prize shortlist, which consisted of six men, the fact that one of the candidates was a 40-page narrative poem, a rare thing in such prizes, was largely missed. But 33-year-old Adam Foulds has already been spotted – by Andrew Motion, who called his poetry "wonderfully weighted and articulate", and by Craig Raine, who said it was "word...
Manchester Online (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
A FESTIVAL to celebrate late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes is underway in Mytholmroyd, the town of his birth, with appearances by current Poet Laureate Andrew Motion; and celebrated poets Lemn Sissay and Anne Stevenson, among others.
Neath Guardian (icWales) (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
POET laureate Andrew Motion will be reading a selection of his works and signing books at Pontardawe Arts Centre next month.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
It sounds like the guest list for the most eclectic, and glittering, of parties: a congregation of talent overflowing with strong voices and special gifts. Andrew Motion, Jackie Kay, Clive James and Wendy Cope appear; as do Margaret Drabble, Helen Simpson, Ruth Rendell and Joanna Trollope. Emma Thompson and Sandi Toksvig feature; but so do the chefs Samuel and Samantha Clarke; the dancer...
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
To The Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, Pat Kavanagh was 'immaculate in her looks, her manner and her attention to detail', while to Margaret Drabble she was 'vitality itself".
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008
They are easy on the eye, but if they were not by perhaps the most iconic singer-songwriter of modern times, would you give them a second look?Paintings by Bob Dylan, based on sketches made on the road, are to go on show in Edinburgh. The Drawn Blank Series exhibition is described by the poet laureate, Andrew Motion, as "a significant independent achievement and a fascinating extrapolation...
