Back to the Bridge by Sam Telford Angela Readman Ian Duhig’s effortlessly fascinating and

Ian Duhig’s effortlessly fascinating and endlessly quotable verse has had a shaping influence on UK poetry for more than thirty years

Eliot prize

- Jane Yeh

Now they overflow into Angel Hill

Voracious in her critique of modernity

Back to the Bridge by Sam Telford Angela Readman Ian Duhig’s effortlessly fascinating and'Back to the Bridge' is a collection of shorter poems written by Sam Telford in 2024. The poems are stripped back and minimal in format while retaining deeper intent. Themes include his hometown, the recent passing of a friend and the process of writing poetry. The poems are both colloquial and localised, at times darkly humorous and often take the form of suggestive sketches. Sam Telford was born in 1992 in Gateshead. He works as a tea merchant and