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Sarah Corbett, Fred D'Aguiar, David Harsent, Jackie Kay, Glyn Maxwell, Paul Muldoon, Ruth Padel, Jo Shapcott and Ken Smith are also on the shortlist.
BBC: Hughes wins TS Eliot poetry prize
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The shortlist also includes Peter Porter and Ruth Padel and the prize is named after Eliot - a founder member in 1953 of the Poetry Book Society.
BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Poets vie for ?10,000 Eliot prize
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After Darwin: Contemporary Expressions at the Natural History Museum in London exhibits the work of artists and writers, including panellist Ruth Padel, inspired by another of Darwin's books.
BBC: Friday 11 September: Darwin special