AWW23: Poetry in the Age of Absolutely Everything - Simon Armitage

Chair: Felicity Plunkett


British Poet Laureate Simon Armitage is also a playwright, a
novelist, a screenwriter and a musician. While he has turned his
hand to many art forms, he recognises the continued need for
poetry: “It seems to me that, in this age of over-information,
poetry is more important than ever, because it refuses to be
garrulous and to join in with the constant diarrhoea of
information. It is resolutely compact.“ Join us as Armitage looks
back on his life and work.


Event details: Tue 07 Mar, 10:45am on the East
Stage