Prize-winning poet and former journalist Ann Drysdale is one of the UK’s most well-loved writers. Her highly acclaimed poetry collections include The Turn of the Cucumber, Gay Science, Backwork, Quainteness and Other Offences and Between Dryden and Duffy. Born near Manchester and raised in London, Drysdale’s experiences have shaped her vulnerable and often unspoken subject matter. Her work is bursting with wry wit and her trademark sense of humou...