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‘Britannia’s Daughter’, a poem by Derek Sellen, Head of English at Stafford House College, featured in the final shortlist for the recent BBC Essential Poetry Competition.

The poem was one of four published in The Sunday Times of 28th September. The competition, which asked for entrants to write a poem about ‘the state of the nation’, attracted over 5,000 entries. Derek has had his work widely-published, appearing in British Council and Arts Council anthologies and he has previously won prizes in the National Poetry Competition, Rhyme International and many other competitions over the years.

Derek Sellen also writes plays and course books for international students studying English, such as Grammar World, published by CIDEB, Italy.