Poem about South Yorkshire coal miner by Julie Andrews’ daughter wins £5,000 award

By Stephanie Bateman
Published 25th Nov 2021, 14:03 BST
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Emma Walton Hamilton, daughter of legendary film star Julie Andrews, has won The Bridport Prize £5K Poetry Award.

Emma’s poem, Over the Tannoy, is a conversation across time with her great grandfather, a South Yorkshire coal miner.

Emma lives in the US and has written a number of children’s books with her mother but writes poetry ‘purely for myself’.

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