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Old 1st May 2009, 15:06
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Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate

So Carol Ann Duffy is now the first Scottish Poet Laureate and the first woman to hold the post. That took a while, eh?

Carol Ann Duffy becomes first female poet laureate | Books | guardian.co.uk

It seems rather a silly thing to have to write poems for royal events (and if I recall rightly, Ted Hughes did some REALLY bad stuff when doing the royalty thing) but, on the other hand, any job that pays you in 600 bottles of sherry does have something to be said for it.

Well done, Ms Duffy!
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