The official post of ‘Poet Laureate’ (laureate meaning crowned with laurels) in the United Kingdom, is held by a distinguished poet chosen by the monarch who is attached to the royal household. In ...

The position of poet laureate has been called the highest literary honour in the UK with the government of ... “The outstanding names in this list are WH Auden and Robert Graves.

Sir John Betjeman, one of the best-loved British poets of the 20th century, was initially overlooked as poet laureate because ... that he could return to the UK and reclaim his British nationality ...

Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Rossetti and Zephaniah have all followed. Now, Poet Laureate and Yorkshireman Simon Armitage has determined that the discipline of verse composition should have a proper p ...