Person: Ruth Padel

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Irish poet Maurice Riordan finds his voice in London

IN 1970, fresh out of St Colman’s boarding school, I attended UCC.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2014

Drawing on the natural world

Writer Ruth Padel, who opens West Cork Literary Festival this summer, is a direct descendent of Charles Darwin and is greatly inspired by science, she tells Carl Dixon

Fri, 26 Apr, 2013

First female poetry professor

A GREAT-great granddaughter of Charles Darwin has become the new Oxford Professor of Poetry following a contest tinged with controversy.

Mon, 18 May, 2009

Heaney among poetry festival big names

The country’s biggest poetry festival kicks off today featuring a range of celebrated writers such as Seamus Heaney and Ruth Padel.

Thu, 03 Apr, 2008