Poetry

Short Cuts. Series 36, The Soil. Audio, 28 minutes
Josie Long presents short documentaries about the ground beneath your feet.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Poet becomes first woman to scoop top award twice
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Manchester
Posted
23 October 2023
Poet laureate on 'life-changing' visit to the Arctic
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Entertainment & Arts
Posted
14 October 2023
This Cultural Life. George the Poet. Audio, 43 minutes
Spoken word artist George the Poet reveals his formative cultural influences.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Louise Glück, poet and Nobel laureate, dies at 80
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US & Canada
Posted
14 October 2023
War poet immortalised in stained glass window
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Oxford
Posted
13 October 2023
Arts & Ideas. Refuge and National Poetry Day. Audio, 45 minutes
Poets Momtaza Mehri, Julianknxx and historian Jesús Sanjurjo join Matthew Sweet
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BBC Radio 4
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Poison or broken heart? Nobel Prize winner’s death still a mystery
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
24 September 2023
This Cultural Life. Michael Rosen. Audio, 43 minutes
Author and poet Michael Rosen reveals his formative creative influences and inspirations.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Open Book. Ben Lerner and Anne Enright on poetry and fiction. Audio, 28 minutes
Johny Pitts explores poetry and fiction with Anne Enright and Ben Lerner.
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BBC Radio 4
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Photographer brings famous book of poetry to life. Video, 00:03:00
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Shropshire
Posted
11 September 2023
This Cultural Life. Edmund de Waal. Audio, 43 minutes
Ceramic artist and author Edmund de Waal reveals his formative creative influences.
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BBC Radio 4
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Family raise £40,000 in memory of 'beloved' poet
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Northampton
Posted
2 September 2023
Tributes to 'incomparable' poet Gboyega Odubanjo
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Northampton
Posted
1 September 2023
Body found in search for missing poet
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Northampton
Posted
31 August 2023
Family of missing poet Gboyega Odubanjo 'haunted'
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Northampton
Posted
31 August 2023
Police appeal for missing poet Gboyega Odubanjo
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Northampton
Posted
30 August 2023
The enduring inspiration of Seamus Heaney
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Northern Ireland
Posted
30 August 2023
Arts & Ideas. Writing and Place: Cornwall. Audio, 21 minutes
Wyl Menmuir and Natasha Carthew talk to Joan Passey
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BBC Radio 4
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Arts & Ideas. The Black Country past and present. Audio, 44 minutes
Matthew Sweet and guests with an audience at the 2022 Contains Strong Language Festival
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BBC Radio 4
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Queen's announces new £4.9m Seamus Heaney Centre
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Northern Ireland
Posted
22 August 2023
Arts & Ideas. Dark Places. Audio, 45 minutes
A poet, crime writer, theologian, marine biologist and Matthew Sweet explore darkness
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Belarus declares 19th Century poems 'extremist'
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Europe
Posted
17 August 2023