Carol Rumens, poet and the Guardian’s poem of the week columnist, dies aged 81
British poet Carol Rumens, whose Guardian poem of the week column ran for nearly 20 years and was beloved among its loyal readership, has died aged 81. Her family said that she died peacefully on 25 April, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Rumens’ poems, often profoundly political, were published across more than a…
