Synopsis
The Laughter of Stafford Girls' High: Carol Ann Duffy's erotic poem tells a story of love and an attack of hysterical laughter which brings a girls' public school to its knees.
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Other Archive resources
Intermediate English: Poetry
Students get a chance to question, interpret and evaluate poems by Carol Ann Duffy and Liz Lochhead.
Carol Ann Duffy: Secular Prayers
Carol Ann Duffy, Britain's first ever woman Poet Laureate, believes that the continuance of the laureateship affirms the value of poetry in the imaginative life of the nation. This film compiles an archive anthology of her work, read by herself from the last 20 years.