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Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey to publish ‘accessible’ poetry collection

Contributions by Russell Brand and Maxine Peake feature in Poetry for the Many, which aims to help readers shake off the idea that verse is only for ‘posh people’

The Guardian - UK

Anyone who’s lost a loved one knows the pressure to visit shrines to the past. But it doesn’t always help

Four years after my husband’s death, the question of where to locate my grief still isn’t easy to answer, says the writer Kat Lister

The Guardian - UK

Michael Rosen echoes Gary Lineker comment during speech outside Downing Street

The former children’s laureate cited Lineker during a speech to hundreds of anti-racism protesters in Whitehall.

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Many UK primary schoolchildren ‘drastically’ missing out on poetry

Research in January by Macmillan and CLPE found limited books and lack of teacher support means majority study or hear poetry less than once a week

The Guardian - UK

Unexpected Twist review – Oliver gets a phone in beatboxing version of Dickens’s classic

Michael Rosen’s update of Oliver Twist gets the musical treatment in this high-energy show about a schoolgirl ensnared by a street gang

The Guardian - UK

Michael Rosen: 'Thank you nurses Monique and Wincey, now I'm here to support you'

Celebrated author and former children's laureate Michael Rosen tells the Mirror why he's standing shoulder to shoulder with striking nurses on the picket line

Daily Mirror

Five Great Reads: female fantasies, coping with grief and a nuanced take on a plagiarism scandal

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

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Monday briefing: How Nadhim Zahawi was fired from government

In today’s newsletter: Why did it take Rishi Sunak so long, and what exactly was the Tory party chair guilty of?

The Guardian - UK

‘I knew my son had gone’: Michael Rosen on the moment that changed his life – extract

In this extract from his new book, Getting Better, the author and poet describes the death of his beloved teenage son, Eddie

The Guardian - UK

Getting Better by Michael Rosen review – a survivor’s manual

The children’s author uses his experience of Covid as a hook to examine loss, mourning, and what comes next

The Guardian - UK

Poet Michael Rosen marches with nurses out of ‘gratitude’ after his Covid coma

The 76-year-old said he was in hospital for three months after being put in an induced coma after falling seriously ill with Covid in March 2020.

The Independent UK

Friday briefing: From New York to Hong Kong, how renting became unaffordable everywhere

In today’s newsletter: It’s not just the UK struggling with soaring rent and living standards – these four cities tell the story of a worldwide market in crisis

The Guardian - UK

We have no great expectations of Liz Truss

Letters: Sheila Cross agrees with Michael Rosen that social conditions now appear Dickensian, while Peter Riddle warns of real turbulence and Dr Neil Denby wonders why the wealthy always need carrots

The Guardian - UK

Author Michael Rosen urges better pay for nurses after speaking at Covid service

The former children’s laureate read an extract from his book Many Different Kinds Of Love at the remembrance event at Westminster Abbey.

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Author Michael Rosen to speak at Westminster Abbey coronavirus service

The children’s laureate said he was ‘looking forward’ to honouring those who died.

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss, we see the Dickensian world you dream of – and we refuse to go there

The prime minister has a plan, but people know it will leave them poorer, colder and hungrier, says writer and broadcaster Michael Rosen

The Guardian - UK

Michael Rosen and his son Joe look back: ‘I am gooning about, but this photo is tinged with sadness’

The poet and children’s author and his film-maker son on homework, holidays and health scares

The Independent UK

British children’s authors pay tribute to ‘fantastic’ Raymond Briggs

The influential writer and illustrator has died at the age of 88.

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The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

An angry kitten; a guide to rewilding; Mabinogion magic; wartime adventures; Olympian gods; first love and more; plus the best YA novels

The Guardian - UK

Covid killed so many of us – now the UK government fears our tears and rage

With deaths from the virus passing 200,000, Britain is a country struggling to process the trauma of so much fear and loss, says writer Michael Rosen

The Guardian - UK

Michael Rosen marks Anne Frank anniversary with new poem

Sonnet for Anne Frank reflects on the ‘awful paradox between the living spirit of the diary and then the knowledge that you have’

Daily Mirror

Kate Garraway 'exhausted and fretful' with husband Derek 'in and out of hospital'

Kate Garraway's husband of 16 years Derek Draper remains blighted with ill-health more than two years after contracting Covid at the start of the pandemic

Manchester Evening News

Kate Garraway returns to Good Morning Britain after 'urgent' issues at home forced her off last week's show

The TV star and Smooth Radio host shared why she was absent from GMB last week

Daily Mirror

Children's author Michael Rosen meets angel nurse who cared for him during Covid battle

Nurse Beth Dixon, 28, was caring for the writer of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt in April 2020 as Britain was gripped by the first wave of Covid.

Evening Standard

Kate Garraway fights back tears as she hugs nurse who cared for husband Derek Draper

Beth Dixon was on Good Morning Britain to speak about her experience caring for author Michael Rosen, and revealed she had also cared for Derek Draper

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