tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post7256995614111609663..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : Choosing the Queen's Canary ...and the winner is...Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-27441234705195138202008-09-08T20:57:00.000+02:002008-09-08T20:57:00.000+02:00Michael Gove (Con MP) is the source.Michael Gove (Con MP) is the source.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-72066777264527091092008-09-08T20:55:00.000+02:002008-09-08T20:55:00.000+02:00Just read on 'Times Online' via my P-i-R 'Poetry F...Just read on 'Times Online' via my P-i-R 'Poetry Foundation' Link that it was AM himself who insisted on the 10 yrs limit before he agreed to take the job.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-46438948791415891072008-09-08T07:39:00.000+02:002008-09-08T07:39:00.000+02:00Blairesque but nevertheless a small step for poetk...Blairesque but nevertheless a small step for poetkind...maybe Brown will reduce it to 5 years?<BR/>As to the 'Why', I think basically these days it's a job nobody wants; the pay, status and career prospects damned poor, even by Palace standards. <BR/>I recall that Hughes was 2nd choice, agreed to it after Larkin had refused.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-15118830203433191682008-09-08T00:33:00.000+02:002008-09-08T00:33:00.000+02:00OK I just did some googling and the end of a piece...OK I just did some googling and the end of a piece in the Independant says "The position was last vacant when Ted Hughes died in 1999, at which point Tony Blair took the opportunity to change the role from a life appointment to a decade-long posting."<BR/><BR/>Doesn't answer the Q - why the change?Gerald (Ackworth born)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10972748175799683560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-25048184557525588952008-09-07T16:53:00.000+02:002008-09-07T16:53:00.000+02:00Hi Gerald,unfortuantely have receieved e-mail 'und...Hi Gerald,<BR/>unfortuantely have receieved e-mail 'undelivered' reply to above<BR/>GwilymGwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-47106311846729430682008-09-02T19:13:00.000+02:002008-09-02T19:13:00.000+02:00Gerald,Have e-mailed one of AM's 3 literary agents...Gerald,<BR/>Have e-mailed one of AM's 3 literary agents with your Q. <BR/>Also asked if the 10 year rule is here to stay? Whose idea was it etc.<BR/>Best bardic wishes,<BR/>GwilymGwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-42439324939609963542008-09-02T18:59:00.000+02:002008-09-02T18:59:00.000+02:00You're not suggesting that AM got the sack are you...You're not suggesting that AM got the sack are you? Will have to Wiki this and get back to you!Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-6336220249908323642008-09-02T18:57:00.000+02:002008-09-02T18:57:00.000+02:00Hello Gerald,One assumes it must be HM. It's her t...Hello Gerald,<BR/>One assumes it must be HM. It's her thing. It surely can't be anyone else can it? <BR/>Maybe one or two recent birthday odes weren't up to the mark...Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-7904299168652917452008-09-02T18:39:00.000+02:002008-09-02T18:39:00.000+02:00I always thought it was a lifetime tenure. Who cha...I always thought it was a lifetime tenure. Who changed the rules?Gerald (Ackworth born)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10972748175799683560noreply@blogger.com