The New Cue #579 March 23: Simon Armitage
"I heard him say, ‘Armitage! You’re so boring!’"
Good morning,
No time to mess around with whimsical introductions this Monday, as we are honoured to have Poet Laureate Simon Armitage in the Life & Times hot seat.
Armitage, from Yorkshire, is the closest thing a poet ever comes to being a British household name, having published over twenty collections of poetry, written travel books, translated classic…


