A regular broadcaster, Armitage presented the popular BBC Radio 4 series The Poet Laureate has Gone to his Shed and, more recently, My Poetry and Other Animals. He also writes, records and performs with the band LYR. He is the author of over a dozen poetry collections, two novels and three non-fiction bestsellers: All Points North, Walking Home and Walking Away. His acclaimed modern translation of the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has sold over 100,000 copies. Armitage is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds. A Vertical Art brings together the vibrant and engaging lectures from his tenure as Oxford Professor of Poetry (2015-2019).