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Poetry Corner To Open at London's Goring Hotel

Where: Beeston Place, London, United Kingdom, SW1

We still remember last March when London’s Andaz hotel took the fabulous step of inviting a Reader in Residence to sit in his pyjamas for two weeks and read to needy guests.

Now normally, we don’t like copycats, but because it was such a good idea, and the reader isn’t in residence anymore, we’ll let this one slide and learn to love it. Also, it’s not really copying, although we suspect they might have been inspired by Andaz.

The exceedingly posh Goring Hotel – it’s just round the corner from Buckingham Palace, and the Queen Mother used to pop round for tea in her day – will be having poetry readings every night during April.

Poems will be read at 7pm sharp in the newly refurbished bar by members of staff and “surprise guests." We’ll be popping along in the hope of seeing regular guest Maggie Thatcher reading some Amy Winehouse lyric....