Wendy Cope

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In Writing: Hattie Crisell in conversation with Sheila Dillon

Nov 4, 2024 | ink84bookshop.co.uk | Hattie Crisell |Jesse Armstrong |Charlie Brooker |Wendy Cope

*Please select collect from shop after filling in your address to avoid postage fees, there are no physical tickets*Join author-writer-podcaster, Hattie Crisell, discussing her enlightening book In Writing: Conversations on Inspiration, Perspiration and Creative Desperation with the wonderful food journalist and great supporter of Ink, Sheila Dillon.
Engineers Corner Poem by Wendy Cope to the Unsung Heroes of Engineering

Aug 26, 2024 | engineerscorner.in | Yatharth Singh |Wendy Cope

In the halls of Westminster Abbey, one might expect to find monuments dedicated to the most illustrious figures of British history. Yet, as an advertisement placed by the Engineering Council in The Times poignantly asks, “Why isn’t there an Engineers’ Corner in Westminster Abbey?” This question, though simple, touches upon a broader cultural sentiment in Britain—one that has long favored the arts over the sciences, particularly engineering.
Rock My Wedding: UK No.1 Wedding Resource

Aug 8, 2024 | rockmywedding.co.uk | Wendy Cope

CeremonyYou Are The Bubbles by Rachel BrightCeremonyThe Hot Priest's Speech From “Fleabag”CeremonyI Wanna Be Yours John Cooper ClarkeDid you know? You can favourite suppliers by using the star in the corner? CeremonyLet There Be Spaces In Your TogethernessCeremonyI’d Rather Rise in Love With YouCeremonyThe Top 14 Modern Wedding ReadingsCREATE AN ACCOUNTYour dream wedding day is just a click away... Keep track of your favourite real weddings and be inspired by articles and ideas that suit you.
A Vow By Wendy Cope

Apr 28, 2024 | rockmywedding.co.uk | Wendy Cope |Leah Blundell

This wedding reading isn’t the usual super sweet and romantic poem that you’d expect to have read out during a wedding ceremony. The poem isn’t full of elaborate metaphors or complicated language. Instead, A Vow by Wendy Cope points out that these big promises and grand vows to always be kind and loving aren’t genuine. Taking on a more realistic view, A Vow by Wendy Cope is about promising authentic vows that you can actually keep.
How to have a happy Christmas - an exclusive poem by Wendy Cope

Dec 24, 2023 | theguardian.com | Wendy Cope

Wendy Cope is a poet whose collections include Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, Serious Concerns and, most recently, The Orange and other poems
The Poem | Perspective Magazine

Dec 14, 2023 | perspectivemag.co.uk | Wendy Cope

Little DonkeyBy Wendy CopeFrom The Orange and other poems (c) Wendy Cope, reused by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd. Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent. After university she worked for fifteen years as a primary-school teacher in London. Her first collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis was published in 1986. Her Collected Poems will be published in 2024.
How I Came to Write ‘The Orange’ by Wendy Cope

Oct 31, 2023 | faber.co.uk | Wendy Cope |Imogen Whiteley

In celebration of the publication of The Orange and other poems, we asked Wendy Cope to tell us how she came to write the poem. How I Came to Write ‘The Orange’By Wendy CopeIn the early 1980s I was a teacher seconded to County Hall, working on a newspaper published by the Inner London Education Authority. After I left that job I regularly met my ex-colleagues Robert and Dave for lunch, often on the South Bank.