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Monday 13 April 2020

letters from lockdown

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Simon Armitage, Britain’s poet laureate, is drawn to gloomy novels at dark times – as well as to the literature we’re all creating, from journals to messages to memes


▶ Letters from Lockdown: Simon Armitage, 8’15

Read the full transcript of Simon’s letter here.

 

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