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Wendy Cope helps York Minster
Published: on 30th June 2006 by Eleanor Course in Development Office News
One of Britain’s best-loved poets, Wendy Cope, has generously agreed to give a reading of her works in aid of York Minster’s Development Campaign. An Evening with Wendy Cope will take place on Saturday15th July at 7.30pm in Bootham School Hall. Tickets (all unreserved) cost £10 and will be available from the Development Office, Church House, Ogleforth, York YO1 7JN, telephone 01904 557245. Tickets will also be available on the door.
Wendy Cope is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in Winchester. In 1998 she was the listeners' choice in a BBC Radio 4 poll to succeed Ted Hughes as Poet Laureate. Her poetry collections include Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis (1986), Serious Concerns (1992) and If I Don't Know (2001), which was short listed for the Whitbread Poetry Award.
She has edited a number of poetry anthologies including The Orchard Book of Funny Poems (1993), Is That The New Moon? (1989), The Funny Side: 101 Humorous Poems (1998) and The Faber Book of Bedtime Stories (1999) and Heaven on Earth: 101 Happy Poems (2001). She is also the author of two books for children, Twiddling Your Thumbs (1988) and The River Girl (1991).
Dr Richard Shephard, the Minster’s Director of Development, said, “Wendy Cope's poetry is amusing, profound, rueful, hopeful by turns. Her work appeals to a wide audience, and we are extremely grateful to her for generously supporting the York Minster Development Campaign.”
The York Minster Development Campaign is aiming to raise £30,000,000 to fund the restoration of the East Front of the Minster, and aid the cathedral’s music and educational life. The centrepiece of the East Front is the Great East Window, the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. The medieval glass and stonework of the East Front are badly in need of restoration and structural repair. If you are able to help keep York Minster in its full glory, please send cheques, made payable to ‘York Minster Fund’ to The Development Office, Church House, Ogleforth, York, Y01 7JN, or email richards@yorkminster.org.