Poetry judge unveiled

STEPHEN Fry has been unveiled as a new judge for the DNRC national poetry competition.

Launched by Prince William earlier this month, the competition ‘A Poem to Remember’ is being organised by the new Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre which is being built on the site of Stanford Hall.

As patron of the campaign behind the new world class centre, Prince William will read out the winning poem at a special event this summer.

Stephen Fry joins the chair of judges, historian and broadcaster, Dan Snow, and SAS veteran and bestselling novelist Andy McNab.

He added: “Poetry, more than any other form of expression from the time, captured the atmosphere and experience of war in a way that nothing, not even photography, could.

“I am therefore delighted to be a shortlist judge for ‘A Poem to Remember’, marking the centenary of the cessation of conflict in that terrible Great War.

“It is particularly exciting and appropriate that so many former and existing servicemen and women are sending in their entries for the competition.”

Full details of the competition can be found at www. poemtoremember. co. uk. Anyone aged 17 and over can enter the competition.

The deadline for entries is Monday, April 9.