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HARDtalk: Andrew Motion, UK Poet Laureate 1999-2009

04/05/2009

Andrew Motion, UK Poet Laureate 1999-2009

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The newly retired poet laureate, Andrew Motion, discusses what the poet laureate is for.

Stephen Sackur talks to the UK's newly retired poet laureate, Andrew Motion. In an age of technology, what is the poet laureate for?

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The UK's newly retired poet laureate, Andrew Motion, held the post for ten years. His replacement, Carol Ann Duffy, is the country's first female poet laureate and joins a pantheon that includes Wordsworth, Tennyson and Betjeman. The post brings a yearly income of 5000 pounds and gallons of sherry, but in an age defined by digital technology, not deference, what on earth is the poet laureate for?

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