Carol Ann is single now but lives with the greatest love in her life, her 13-year old daughter Ella, by the novelist Peter Benson. "I let her decide whether I should accept the Laureateship or not.

Carol Ann Duffy, Britain's twentieth poet laureate, and the first woman to be appointed to the position, was once asked if she thinks poetry 'to some extent takes the place of religion' in a ...

But Carol Ann Duffy – a gay woman – is now expected to succeed Andrew Motion Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.