Winner of the Ted Hughes Prize for innovation in poetry. Kate Tempest is one of the most exciting and innovative performers to have emerged in spoken-word poetry in many years; her dramatic poem Brand New Ancients won the prestigious Ted Hughes Prize for innovation in poetry. Tempest's wholly unique blend of street poetry, rap and storytelling ? combined with the spellbinding delivery of an open-air revivalist ? has won her legions of followers all over the UK. Her remarkable