John WhitworthJohn Whitworth (1945-2019) grew up in north London (just verging on Metroland) and, from 1955, in Scotland: a split heritage that is reflected in much of his work. He was educated in Edinburgh and Merton College, Oxford, and was married, with two dauhters. After moving to Canterbury, he worked part-time teaching English as a foreign language and running Creative Writing courses, whilst launching his career as a poet and freelance reviewer. Besides awards for some of his eleven poetry collections (the Alice Hunt Bartlett, from the Poetry Society for the most promising first book, the 1986 National Poetry Competition, the Cholmondeley Award), he won countless prizes for individual poems, which appeared in a huge range of magazines including Poetry Review, The TLS, The Spectator, The Literary Review, The New Criterion, The Hudson Review, and Quadrant, as well as in many anthologies. His poems were broadcast on several different BBC radio programmes, and he contributed a televised piece for the BBC's coverage of the English leg of the1992 Tour de France. In addition, his Writing Poetry handbook remains an outstanding guide for those who value metrical, rhyming and stanzaic skills. Read More Read Less