The Independent - London, March 13th, 2007
"Andrew Motion is distant," said a friend from Portugal, after once meeting the Poet Laureate over breakfast at a writers' conference. Well, who isn't distant with strangers? And who can sparkle while eating toast? Surely my friend was being unfair. When the Poet Laureate came to Darlington, I hoped for practised charm, but I had to wonder whether my friend hadn't got a point, after Motion replied to a back-row shout of "Can't hear you" with a distinctly frosty "See whoever is in charge of the microphone." Distant? Definitely not warm, although the said shout deserved little else, being more ...
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