Friday, November 17, 2006

Poet for the Ashes

England have it all really, such style, such culture ...

A Derbyshire man has been appointed as the first official poet-in-residence for the Ashes tour.David Fine, from Bakewell, will write 25 poems, one for each day's play of the England v Australia cricket series which begins on 23 November.The majority of funding for the post has come from the Arts Council England.

BBC NEWS | England | Derbyshire | Ashes series to get official poet

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good grief - I've heard it all now! I hadn't realised you were actually on another planet, as opposed to the other side of the world!!!