Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate

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by Kirstyn Smith Last year, the AQA was moved to withdraw her poem Education for Leisure from the GCSE English exam, due to its supposed insinuations of knife crime.  Her unashamed relationship with fellow writer Jackie Kay was allegedly considered by Tony Blair to be too unconventional for Middle England.  An emotional and forthright poet, Carol [...]

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