News tagged with 'Afghanistan'

New portrait of Owen unveiled at the Wilfred Owen Story

19/06/2011

A new portrait of Wilfred Owen, painted by Anthony Brown, has been unveiled at the Wilfred Owen Story, a new museum opened in Birkenhead in March this year.

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The power of war poetry, from the Western Front to Helmand province

05/10/2010

Article about war poetry, which appeared in the Independent on Sunday on October 3rd 2010.

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"Exit wounds"

29/07/2009

Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy commissions war poetry for today.

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BBC plans to send poet to Afghanistan battlefields

27/05/2009

BBC to send Simon Armitage to Helmand province for programme about lives of British troops.

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