Wimbledon appoints its first official poet
Matt Harvey becomes the All England Club's first writer in residence after tournament organisers team up with Poetry Trust
Previous Wimbledon tennis champions may have been motivated to greatness by the rousing passage from Rudyard Kipling's If inscro Centre Court.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 19 May, 2010
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