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The New Cue #579 March 23: Simon Armitage

"I heard him say, ‘Armitage! You’re so boring!’"

Mar 23, 2026
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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…

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