she'd landed in one of the most shot—up parts of the world, it was dangerous, and there's this fat yorkshiremanneed to listen to me, i'm going to give you a safety briefing. archive: these are the things that have been killing a lot of the children. and if you don't listen to what i say, you could get killed or seriously injured. which is probably not the best opening line to a princess. newsreader: the princess got straight down to business, publicly endorsing the red cross campaign for a world—wide ban on landmines. it is my sincere hope that by working together in the next few days, we shall focus world attention on this vital but, until now, largely neglected issue. myjob was to be the programme manager for a british charity that specialised in clearing landmines and the other detritus of war. this was probably the most famous woman in the world, so for me it was going to be an opportunity to highlight and show off the amazing work we did. i had absolutely no idea what was coming in terms of the amount of media that came off planes. i was expecting a fewjournalists — i think there was somet

the salary is £6,000 a year, which the 55—year—old yorkshireman says he'll give away.mpertz. i'd wanted to offer my daughter a taste of the glacier, a sense of the world being pinned in place by a diamond—like cold at each pole, but i open my hand and there's nothing to pass on, nothing to hold. simon armitage reading of the present, his poem about climate change, a subject close to his heart on top of his poet laureate ma nifesto. on top of his poet laureate manifesto. i definitely want to initiate something around the idea of climate change. i think it is absolutely essential that the poetry responds to that issue and i would like there to be some kind of platform or competition or award that recognises writing around those themes and topics. simon armitage. the new poet laureate wanted to be a rock star and now he is treated like one. from the very beginning, he believed in taking poetry to the people. time in the brain cells sweating like a nail bomb, trouble with a heart beat, cut to the chase, pick up the pace, no such thing as a walkabout fun run, shoot glance i

the salary is £6,000 per year, which the 55—year—old yorkshireman says he will give away.n speaking to our arts editor, will gompertz. simon armitage reading the present, his poem about climate change, a subject close to his heart and at the top of his poet laureateship manifesto. i definitely want to initiate something around the idea of climate change. i think it's absolutely essential that poetry responds to that issue and i'd like there to be some kind of platform or competition or award that recognises writing around those themes, those topics. simon armitage. cheering and applause. the new poet laureate wanted to be a rock star, now he's treated like one. from the very beginning, he believed in taking poetry to the people. time in the brain cells sweating like a nail—bomb, trouble with the heartbeat spitting like a sten gun, cut to the chase, pick up the pace; no such thing as a walkabout fun—run, shoot yourself a glance in the chrome in the day—room, don't hang about, your running out of space, son. what, simon, do you think the role of poetry is in 2019, contempora

the salary is £6,000 a year, which the 55—year—old yorkshireman says he‘ll give away.p of his poet laureate manifesto. i definitely want to initiate something around the idea of climate change. i think it is absolutely essential that poetry responds to that issue and i would like there to be some kind of platform or competition or award that recognises writing around those themes and topics. simon armitage. the new poet laureate wanted to be a rock star and now he is treated like one. from the very beginning, he believed in taking poetry to the people. time in the brain cells sweating like a nail—bomb, trouble with a heart beat, cut to the chase, pick up the pace, no such thing as a walkabout fun run, shoot glance in the crime and day room, don‘t hang about, you‘re running out of space. what do you think the role of poetry is in 2019 in contemporary society? my feeling is that it is more valuable and more relevant than it has ever been in this world that we live in, which is a very confused confusing place. 0ver information, over communication. poetry is time out from