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It’s National Poetry Day, and we’ve been celebrating by collecting videos you filmed while reciting poems you know by heart – from Oscar Wilde to William Blake via a lot of Shakespeare. Here are some of our favourites
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Famous fans offer their views on spectating the beautiful game
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Playing the legendarily beautiful Helen of Troy, Lily Cole is confronting what first brought her to attention… her looks, as she tells Carole Cadwalladr
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The Yorkshire poet, playwright and novelist on beach cafes, pretentious New Yorker reviews and the comedy of the World Cup. By Leah Harper
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The Everyman's Hope Place hits the spot, while Lily Cole is a graceful Helen in Simon Armitage's take on Homer and Virgil, writes Susannah Clapp
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Simon Armitage's modern take on the Iliad is impressive even if Lily Cole's Helen is less so – but it lacks the personal touch, writes Michael Billington
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