Shore to shore tour diary
Poets' tour: reaching the 'unsure shore'
Our progress across Britain, watching unhappily as the country changed and sharing the consolations of poetry, has reached its final stop. Home will be different when we get there
Poets' tour: Je suis haggis, we're all Scottish now
As our Shore to Shore adventure reaches Scotland, the authors’ spirits rise
Poets on tour: reeling after the referendum
And so the gig begins. The best one yet. Some of the poems have acquired a different resonance in these changed times. We listen to each other now, and realise we are comforting each other
Poets on tour: beginning with words in a broken nation
In the shadow of Hadrian’s Wall, poetry speaks to the anxiety of a country in crisis
Poets on tour: lost in a new country
Under the roof of Carlisle cathedral, our readings seem oddly attuned with where we are now. Elsewhere, none of our navigational gizmos stop us feeling lost
Poets on tour: hits on stage, own goals at home
Stopping off at my house for the latest date, the gig goes well, but I discover that not every poet is an ideal companion for watching football
Poets on tour: foreboding at the Welsh border
Cast down by unease after the referendum result, we are kept afloat by a warm audience at Oswestry, a great guest and the beauty of poetry and music
Poets on tour: 'the UK has been torn in two like a bad poem'
Journeying through idyllic country to meet another great crowd in Crickhowell is the joyous prelude to a dark night watching the polls
Poets on tour, part four: in and out with lettuce and lardy bread
As our road trip moves through changing landscapes and political sympathies, our mood is shifting between hilarity and tears
Poets on tour, part three: silence in Oxford, shouting in Chipping Norton
Today, the road trip reaches the heart of Oxfordshire, where tense political times provide the spark for hijinks and tomfoolery
Poets' tour hits Bath: strawberry moon in a honey-dipped city
The Shore to Shore diary makes a second stop, where we are treated to warm enthusiasm and opinionated bookselling – and find more reasons to write
Five poets go on tour: Carol Ann Duffy's travel diary begins
Carol Ann Duffy files the first in a series of reports from the Shore to Shore nationwide poetry tour, written as the writers gather for their first gig in Falmouth
