Poetry
Great Lives. Spike Milligan. Audio, 28 minutes
Comedian and poet Henry Normal picks his comedy hero - Spike Milligan.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted13 January 2022
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- Posted13 January 2022
In Our Time. Thomas Hardy's Poetry. Audio, 51 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hardy's goal of being a great poet and how he succeeded.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted11 January 2022
Sunday Feature. Breaking the Ice. Audio, 14 minutes
Seán Williams glides through a brief history of lake skating.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted26 December 2021
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- Posted22 December 2021
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- Posted16 December 2021
The Essay. Into the Wild, The Colour of Your Mind. Audio, 14 minutes
Will Harris asks how dreams and poems can teach us to look at the world differently.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Midnight Meets With Colin Murray. Benjamin Zephaniah. Audio, 55 minutes
The poet on living in China, studying theology and exploring dark topics in his poetry.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Into the Wild, When The Birds Sing We Are Safe. Audio, 14 minutes
Are we a part of nature’s orchestra? Hanan Issa listens to a world of poetry and birdsong.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Into the Wild, Meditation on Landscape, Bodies and Writing. Audio, 14 minutes
Alycia Pirmohamed explores ecological poetry in the context of brown women’s bodies.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted13 December 2021
The Essay. Into the Wild, Bird Song and Resonance. Audio, 14 minutes
Raymond Antrobus remembers his time spent living in Oklahoma City during the pandemic.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. This Land of Words and Water. Audio, 44 minutes
A journey into the Ireland of Louis MacNeice’s poetic imagination.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted8 December 2021
The Essay. Another Northern Ireland, Searching with Shorelines. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Gail McConnell on the inspiration of the sea in Louis MacNeice's work and her own.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted28 November 2021
Contrasts. Marble Arch to Edgware. Video, 27 minutes
John Betjeman takes a journey from Marble Arch to Edgware. (1968)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Afterwords: Mary Oliver. Audio, 44 minutes
A dive into the world of American writer Mary Oliver, with recordings of the poet herself.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted19 November 2021
