It only took 341 years but, finally, Britain has a female Poet Laureate. Carol Ann Duffy will hold the 10-year post, following in the formidable footsteps of the likes of William Wordsworth, Alfred ...
LONDON (AP) -- Britain on Friday awarded the role of national poet laureate to Carol Ann Duffy -- the first woman to hold a post that has been filled by William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson and ...