Laureate in full voice as Simon Armitage blossoms with his band
It was just over a month ago that the poet laureate Simon Armitage launched Blossomise, a collection in celebration of spring, with illustrations by Angela Harding, and in collaboration with the National Trust, plus an EP by his band, LYR. On Sunday night he and the band ended a four-date tour at Newcastle’s Wylam Brewery - a tour that has seen them travel south to north, from Plymouth via Coventry and Manchester, following th...
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