About Carol Ann Duffy:
Dame Carol Ann Duffy is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Britain's Poet Laureate in May 2009. She is the first woman, the first Scot, and the first openly LGBT person to hold the position.
It was strange how you didn’t realise how much you loved a place until you had lost it completely.
Carol Ann DuffyShe wanted to build a better world. So why did so many others want to keep it just the same?
Carol Ann DuffyIf we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it's very frightening.
Carol Ann Duffy