News in the category General

The funeral of Harry Patch

06/08/2009

Thousands of people have lined the streets of Wells, Somerset, to watch the funeral procession of Harry Patch, the last British veteran of the First World War trenches.

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The Last Post

31/07/2009

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"Exit wounds"

29/07/2009

Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy commissions war poetry for today.

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Jill Balcon 1925 - 2009

23/07/2009

Actress Jill Balcon, who was a Vice-President of the Wilfred Owen Association, died on the 18th of July aged 84.

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A Festschrift for Michael Longley, the Ireland Professor of Poetry

14/07/2009

Enitharmon Press has published a Festschrift celebrating the 70th birthday of Michael Longley, former winner of the Wilfred Owen Poetry Award

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