public poetry readings, giving encouragement to figures including Seamus Heaney, John Pudney, Stevie Smith, Brian Patten and Anthony Thwaite.Six turbulent years at the New Statesman followed, during part of which time Elizabeth acted as literary editor. However, in 1976, she rejoined [Michael] Foot, by this time lord president of the council and leader of the House of Commons, for a four-year spell as special adviser.
from The Guardian: Elizabeth Thomas obituary
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