Rachel McCarthyRachel McCarthy was born in Preston in 1984. She graduated from Durham University in 2006 with double first class honours in Physics and Chemistry and is now a Senior Scientist at the Met Office. She s managing director of ExCite Poetry, the largest of the Poetry Society s regional groups and of the increasingly successful Exeter Poetry Festival. Her poems have been featured in an array of magazines as well as on BBC Radio 4 and Sky Arts. Read More Read Less