Saturday, 11 August 2012

UK Poet Laureate lauds people's Games, targets bankers (Reuters)

Author Carol Ann Duffy poses for photographers with her book 'The Bees' before the Costa Book Awards in central London January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Paul Hackett

LONDON (Reuters) - Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy on Saturday celebrated the way in which Britons had embraced the Olympic Games, eulogised their gold medalists and attacked bankers for "filching our gold, our silver". Duffy's poem, "Translating the British, 2012", appeared on the front page of the Guardian newspaper, next to a photograph of Somali-born British 10,000 metre champion Mo Farah. ...




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