After a difficult few years, StAnza feels like a festival which has found its stride again, writes Susan Mansfield ...

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Imtiaz Dharker reading a selection of her poems to our students “It was great to see our Year 11s so engaged with the poets' readings and the examiner's helpful tips on how to answer the GCSE ...

Reading a few poems by Carol Ann Duffy or Imtiaz Dharker is thus deemed ideologically "sound", but they are not demanding options.

Some, like Imtiaz Dharker, duck the “huge honour”; others gladly step up. When much of the work churned out by poets laureate is glib or forgettable, why do we need a poet at an inauguration ...

Shadow Reader Imtiaz Dharker. Bloodaxe, $18.95 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-1-78037-709-4 ...

Completing the line-up will be comedian and Chaser Paul Sinha, poet Imtiaz Dharker, and writers Ian McMillan and Val McDermid, along with Damon Albarn.

Adding to the lineup, comedian Paul Sinha, poet Imtiaz Dharker, authors Ian McMillan and Val McDermid are also slated to contribute readings of the forecasts.

Comedian Paul Sinha, poet Imtiaz Dharker and writers Ian McMillan and Val McDermid will also be part of the reading of forecasts.

Gavin And Stacey star Ruth Jones is reprising her role as Vanessa “Nessa” Jenkins to read Radio 4’s Shipping Forecast as the programme celebrates its centenary on the BBC on New Year’s Day.