Poetry
The Essay. Transformations: 5 stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Byblis and Cannus. Audio, 15 minutes
The fourth of five dramas about love drawn from tales told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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The Essay. Transformations: 5 stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Orpheus and Eurydice. Audio, 15 minutes
The third of five dramas about love drawn from tales told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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The Essay. Transformations: 5 stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Pygmalion. Audio, 15 minutes
The second of five dramas about love drawn from tales told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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The Essay. Transformations: 5 stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Ceyx and Alcyone. Audio, 15 minutes
The first of five stories about love dramatized from tales told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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In the Studio. Lorna Goodison: Jamaica's history in poetry. Audio, 30 minutes
Documenting the history of slavery and the cultivation of sugar
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The Essay. More Letters to Writers, Dear Marianne ... Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom writes to poet Marianne Moore to finally ask her about that tricorn hat
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The Essay. Dear Marianne Moore. Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom writes to poet Marianne Moore and asks her about that tricorn hat
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The Essay. More Letters to Writers, Dear Dante... Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom drops a quick line to Dante.
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Art of Living. Frank Ormsby's Parkinson's. Audio, 30 minutes
Marie-Louise Muir traces poet Frank Ormsby's creative response to illness.
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Short Cuts. Series 14, Incantations. Audio, 30 minutes
Josie Long hears stories of spell craft, poetry and art coming to life.
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The Radio 3 Documentary. Resurrecting Mayakovsky. Audio, 44 minutes
Ian Sansom attempts to resurrect the spirit of poet Vladimir Mayakovsky
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Sunday Feature. Resurrecting Mayakovsky. Audio, 44 minutes
Ian Sansom looks at the life and legacy of Soviet poet and artist, Vladimir Mayakovsky.
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The Essay. Ten Artists that Shook the World, 7 Akhmatova and Tsvetaeva. Audio, 15 minutes
Writer Elaine Feinstein compares the impact of the Revolution on two great Russian poets.
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The Essay. Ten Artists that Shook the World, 1 Choices. Audio, 15 minutes
Writer Martin Sixsmith considers how the Russian Revolution affected choices for artists.
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Lines of Resistance. Audio, 30 minutes
Poet Bridget Minamore explores how women have created their own literary narratives.
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The Radio 3 Documentary. Sunday Feature: Every County in the State of California. Audio, 44 minutes
A radio road movie with Dana Gioia, Poet Laureate of California, reading in every county.
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Sunday Feature. Every County in the State of California. Audio, 44 minutes
A radio road movie with Dana Gioia, Poet Laureate of California.
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The Essay. Five Poems I Wish I Had Written, Robert Frost's 'Design' Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Don Paterson reflects on Robert Frost's 'Design'.
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The Essay. Five Poems I Wish I Had Written, Sylvia Plath's 'Cut' Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Don Paterson reflects on Sylvia Plath's poem 'Cut'.
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The Essay. Five Poems I Wish I Had Written, Michael Donaghy's 'The Hunter's Purse' Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Don Paterson reflects on Michael Donaghy's 'The Hunter's Purse'.
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The Essay. Five Poems I Wish I Had Written, Elizabeth Bishop's 'Large Bad Picture' Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Don Paterson reflects on Elizabeth Bishop's 'Large Bad Picture'.
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In the Studio. Imtiaz Dharker: Perfecting poetry. Audio, 27 minutes
Hear poetry being crafted by the award-winning Imtiaz Dharker. A poem is “like love”.
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