Motion in poetry gig
ONE of the country's most popular poets, Simon Armitage, will be reading his work at the Waterside Hotel, Grasmere, tonight (Tuesday) as part of the summer-long fortnightly poetry readings run by the Words-worth Trust.
Poet Laureate And-rew Motion will take part in September, and has described the readings as the best poetry programmei n Britain.
Tonight's event starts at 6.45pm. For details of the entire series call 015394 35544.
* THE pioneering work of the man who became known as the 'Father of Lakeland Geology', Jonathan Otley, will be discussed in a talk at the Wordsworth Trust.
Tom Smith will present his talk on the life and work of Otley this Saturday, July 19.
Tom Smith will look at Otley's acheivements including his creation of the first really accurate map of the Lake District in 1818 and the publication of his concise guidebook in 1823.
Otley's friends in-cluded the Poet Laureate Robert Southey and the great geologist Adam Sedgwick.
The event is free but booking is advised – call 015394 35544.
The full article contains 178 words and appears in n/a newspaper.
-
Last Updated:
15 July 2008 11:16 AM
-
Source:
n/a
-
Location:
Lakeland
