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Charity launches search for poet to write about London's bridges with new £10,000 residency

Source: City Bridge Foundation

Writers are being invited to apply for a “unique” new paid position which would see them charged with penning poems about London’s most famous bridges.

City Bridge Foundation, the charity that owns and maintains five key London bridges including Tower Bridge, is looking for a poet-in-residence to immortalise

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