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Benjamin Zephaniah and Mohammad Razai at last year's event

Poetry please

23 Sep 2012

̽»¨Ö±²¥Benjamin Zephaniah Poetry Competition, set up last year to encourage new work propelling social change, is now open to a wider range of aspiring...

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A miniature showing a bishop joining the hands of a couple, from the section of the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX concerning marriage, in a copy produced in Venice around 1475.

̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library’s greatest treasures on show

18 Jan 2012

An unpublished Rupert Brooke poem will sit alongside some of Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library’s greatest treasures when a free exhibition of highlights...

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A workshop of new knowledge and a storehouse of seasoned wisdom

‘Passio’ launched at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library

04 Dec 2011

On December 6th a new collection of translations from the work of one of Hungary’s greatest poets will be launched at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library.

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Poet Clare Holtham and Uzbek chieftain in Afghanistan, early 1970s

For lust of knowing what should not be known

12 Nov 2011

Clare Holtham (1948-2010) had a huge enthusiasm for learning. After a troubled childhood, which led to a spell of homelessness, she became an...

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Morag Styles.

̽»¨Ö±²¥Case for Children’s Poetry

11 Oct 2011

Morag Styles may be the only Professor of Children’s Poetry out there. Having recently taken up her new role, here she explains why poetry for the...

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Wordsworth notebook

Cambridge Ideas - Strange Seas of Thought

15 Nov 2010

A journey into Wordsworth's mind and the process of creation

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