Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a Senior Climate Scientist at the Met Office Hadley Centre and specialises in science communication. She is also a broadcaster, essayist, poet and patron of the increasingly popular Exeter Poetry Festival. This year she has been chosen by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, as one of the top four of the most exciting new voices in British poetry. Her first book, Element, is due out in June 2015.