News at Eleven: As the nature of warfare has changed,

so have communications, but a BBC team is hoping to revive the British tradition of war poetry by taking one of the country's leading poets to Afghanistan.

The programme-makers plan to film Simon Armitage's response to frontline operations around Helmand province. While a handful of visual artists have worked in the theatre of war since fighting began in October 2001, Armitage will be the first poet to be granted access.

The Yorkshire writer, who was heavily tipped for the post of poet laureate that went to Carol Ann Duffy this month, already has an impressive track record of work reflecting the impact of war.

from The Guardian: BBC plans to send poet to Afghanistan battlefields

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