Geoffrey Hill could no longer draw a firm distinction between "Blairite Labour" and the Thatcher-era Conservatives, lamenting that both parties had become solely oriented toward "materialism". Hill's style has been subjected to parody: Wendy Cope includes a two-stanza parody of the "Mercian Hymns" entitled "Duffa Rex" in "Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis". Geoffrey Hill Sir Geoffrey William Hill, FRSL (18 June 1932 – 30 June 2016) was an English poet, professor emeritus of English literature and religion, and former co-director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University. Hill has been considered to be among the most distinguished poets of his generation and
Wendy Monk feature articles for "The Times" between 1967 and 1977 Wendy Monk Wendy Elizabeth Monk (19 July 1915 – 4 January 2000), wife of theatre critic J. C. Trewin (1908–1990), whom she married on 4 October 1938. They were "an inseparable couple, whose shared interests also bore fruit in literary collaboration, they had two sons": Ion and Mark Antony. Since 2000, an award has been given by the Critics' Circle for the best Shakespearian performance of the Year: "The John And Wendy Trewin Award For Best Shakespearian Performance". Wendy Monk wrote and published a biography of her great-grandfather, John Gill, a