Tuesday, May 26, 2009

News at Eleven: The broadcaster and writer Clive James

today said he would like to be Oxford professor of poetry amid the furore surrounding Ruth Padel's appointment to the post.

In an interview with the Guardian, James said the position, which dates back to 1708, and whose past occupants include WH Auden and Seamus Heaney, was his "dream job".

from The Guardian: Clive James eyes Oxford poetry top job
also The Guardian: Clive James: 'I would have been an obvious first choice for cocaine death. I could use up a lifetime's supply of anything in two weeks'
also The Guardian: Clive James on Derek Walcott

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