Sir Andrew Motion

b. 1952

Sir Andrew Motion was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984.

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Articles by Sir Andrew Motion

Consider the seahorse – full audio

Andrew Motion reads a new poem about this curious, beguiling species, and giving us his own take on its importance to humanity.

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Consider the seahorse – short film

RSL in partnership with ZSL Authors for Animals programme welcomed Sir Andrew Motion to the aquarium for his talk ‘Consider The Seahorse’. This is an excerpt from the talk where he reads his new poem 'Histories of the Sea Horse', written specially for the event.

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