Andrew Motion

Andrew Motion was the UK Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009 and is the co-founder of the online Poetry Archive.

WH Auden’s visions of England

The poet as a young man became the “mouthpiece of an epoch” by connecting his private world with the public one.

By Andrew Motion

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The cruelties of Maidwell Hall boarding school, described by Charles Spencer in his memoir, have blighted my adult life.

By Andrew Motion

Built for commuters, the county created a brash new consumerist identity. But its success has come at a price.

By Andrew Motion