Tulse Hill not otherwise found growing in London. Samson Young, protagonist in Martin Amis's "London Fields" goes to Tulse Hill to buy drugs. Jason Strugnell, a fictional poet in Wendy Cope's "Making Cocoa For Kingsley Amis", lives in Tulse Hill and mentions it a couple of times in "his" poems. The "Tulse Hill Parliament", a political club, features in P. G. Wodehouse's comic novel "Psmith in the City". The author attended Dulwich College, which is in the vicinity. Noel Streatfeild's novel ""Tennis Shoes"" (1937) is written about a family who live in Tulse Hill. Tulse Hill and its surrounding areas are locations
Wendy Cope succeed Ted Hughes as Poet Laureate. When Andrew Motion's term as Poet Laureate came to an end in 2009, Cope was again widely considered a popular candidate, although she believes the post should be discontinued. Carol Ann Duffy succeeded Motion as Poet Laureate. Cope was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours. In April 2011, the British Library purchased Cope's archive including manuscripts, school reports and 40,000 emails, the largest email archive they have bought to date. The papers also includes 67 poetry notebooks and unpublished poems. Cope commented "I wanted to