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 ...

Dr Mari Hughes-Edwards is Reader in English Literature at Edge Hill University. Her book, 'Love, Lust, Loss: The Poetry of Carol Ann Duffy' will be published by Manchester University Press in 2020.

Before You Were Mine is an address to Carol Ann Duffy's mother. Duffy responds to an old photograph, imagining the life her mother lived in the 1950s before she was born. The poem has a nostalgic tone ...

The poem Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy gives voice to the Greek mythological figure, Medusa. Medusa had the ability to turn people to stone with just one look at her face. Medusa is both a terrifying and ...