Andy Burnham 'is a fan of working-class poet Tony Harrison'
The poet Blake Morrison - pictured - has highlighted, in an article for the Guardian, that Labour's expected new leader and prime minister, Andy Burnham, is a fan of the working-class poet Tony Harrison, who died last year.
Burnham, who studied English literature at Cambridge, recently attended an event at Salts Mill in Shipley celebrating Harrison's life and work. Morrison said: "Burnham was i...
17th July 2026
Who are the contenders for this year’s Forward prizes? Here are the 2026 shortlists
The 2026 Forward prize shortlists have been announced, with chair of judges Sarah Moss praising a “deeply exciting” range, the subjects including “grief, laughter, old age, embodiment, landscape; lamentation and celebration and observation”. Her fellow judges are poets Romalyn Ante, WN Herbert, Mich...
16th July 2026
As we all feel the heat, Hot Poets launch £20,000 funding appeal
Meet the Hot Poets … an ambitious, award-winning, internationally focused arts organisation, working to communicate climate change science and action through spoken word poetry. They do this by creati...
16th July 2026
Give them a spin! Two new anthologies from Mark and Gill Connors at Yaffle Press
Two striking and substantial new anthologies have been launched by husband and wife team Mark and Gill Connors at Yaffle Press. Poems inspired by the Best Songs of All Time was the brainchild of Mark,...
3rd July 2026
