Recent Developments and Poet Laureate Campaign
Shortly after a heart attack in January 2008, Barker began solo gigging again.
He has also, since taking up residence in Wales, become fluent in the native tongue. In 2008 he was awarded the NIACE Inspire Award as Welsh Learner of the Year, and recited his poem "Have you Got Any News of the Iceberg?" in Welsh at the presentation in Swansea.
In 2009, a campaign by his folk fanbase sought to have him chosen as the British Poet Laureate.
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