ACTOR Timothy West joins Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy at the launch of an exhibition paying tribute to her work and that of her precedessors.

They are pictured in front of a print of her 2012 poem about the White Cliffs of Dover. West has recorded an audio guide for visitors to Poetry for the Palace: Poets Laureate from Dryden to Duffy, which is at The Queen's Gallery in the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. Picture: Gordon Terris