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THE organisers of a Cockermouth exhibition to celebrate Dorothy Wordsworth were delighted to welcome some of her relatives.

Poet in residence appointed for Rydal Mount Kieron Winn The first person to be appointed poet in residence at Rydal Mount will take up his place next month. Kieron Winn will spend a week at the home of William Wordsworth, writing and meeting visitors to the house. Kieron’s first collection of poems, The Mortal Man, was published in 2015. He has twice won the University of Oxford’s most valuable literary award, the English Poem on a Sacred Subject Prize. Kieron studied English at Christ Church, Oxford, where he was awarded a doctorate for a thesis on Herbert Read and TS Eliot.

HERE are the latest announcements from our community news correspondent Jane Renouf for Ambleside.

TEAM: Eileen Jones and Jen Braithwaite Two Cumbrian businesswomen are joining forces to provide a complete package of help for local organisations and companies. Eileen Jones at Cumbria PR and Jen Braithwaite at JB Consulting are merging to meet demand as businesses try to recover from the pandemic lockdown. They will retain the two individual business titles, and still offer bespoke services to clients as needed, but will operate together as JB Cumbria. Ambleside-based Eileen set up Cumbria PR 10 years ago and has worked for a range of tourism and heritage organisations including Wil...

An award ceremony recognising young poets throughout Cumbria will finally be held after being delayed by lockdown. Schoolchildren across the county were invited to showcase their talents to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Wordsworth last year. However, the Rydal Mount prize for young poets was halted amid the coronavirus pandemic. The theme of the competition was 'milestones' to mark Wordsworth's anniversary as well as 50 years since Rydal Mount, where the famous poet lived, first opened to the public. “We will wait until after the summer holidays and then have ...