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SUMMARY:Sir Andrew Motion: ‘When the Sun Shone in Vain: Edward Thomas an
 d the War Poets’ - Sir Andrew Motion
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DESCRIPTION:Former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion will be reading at *‘
 When the Sun Shone in Vain: Edward Thomas and the War Poets’* on the 4th
  June\, 2014\, a special event at Hughes Hall to mark the centennial anniv
 ersary of the outbreak of World War One.\n\nFocusing on the poetry of Edwa
 rd Thomas\, among other war poets\, he will also read extracts from his ne
 w collection\, *The Customs House*\, which includes the sequence of war po
 ems\, *Laurels and Donkeys* which draws on soldiers’ experiences from th
 e First and Second World Wars\, through to the recent conflicts in Iraq an
 d Afghanistan.\n\nSir Andrew will answer questions about Thomas as well as
  his own writing and will be signing copies of *The Customs House*.\n\nThe
  event will take place in the Pavilion Room at Hughes Hall\, on Wednesday 
 4th June\, at 7pm. To buy a ticket\, RSVP to events@hughes.cam.ac.uk Ticke
 ts cost £7-00 / £6-00 Hughesians
LOCATION:Pavilion Room\, Hughes Hall
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