Poetry
The Radio 3 Documentary. The Kristapurana. Audio, 44 minutes
Amazing travels of the first Englishman in India & a hunt for a lost poetic masterpiece.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Isaiah Hull at Kardomah 94. Contains Strong Language. Video, 00:01:19
Reading from Nosebleeds, his newly published poetry collection
- AttributionBBC Arts
- Posted16 November 2018
"My only memorable encounters with creatures came through Ted Hughes's books" Contains Strong Language. Video, 00:01:27
Dr Helen Mort on Ted Hughes, for The Essay recorded at BBC Contains Strong Language 2018
- AttributionBBC Arts
- Posted15 November 2018
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- Posted15 November 2018
In Our Time. Horace. Audio, 49 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet Horace, who flourished under Augustus.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
"What does it mean?!" Contains Strong Language. Video, 00:00:23
Jackie Kay MBE was asked about the meaning of poetry
- AttributionBBC Arts
- Posted14 November 2018
Multi Story. Episode 6: Strangers. Audio, 37 minutes
This week: unknown friends, feat. two men reunited a year on from the Las Vegas shooting
- AttributionBBC Local Radio
- Available for over a year
Vicky Foster at Kardomah 94. Contains Strong Language. Video, 00:09:27
Vicky reads a few poems at Contains Strong Language 2018
- AttributionBBC Arts
- Posted13 November 2018
The True Tale of Lazarus Francois. Contains Strong Language. Video, 00:01:18
Poet Kat Francois reads from Unwritten: The Verb on BBC Radio 3
- AttributionBBC Arts
- Posted12 November 2018
Danny Boyle: drawing faces of the fallen in the sand on Armistice Day. The Cultural Frontline. Audio, 00:01:48
The British filmmaker commemorating World War One in portraits and poetry
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted9 November 2018
Making the Caribbean soldiers of World War One visible through verse. The Cultural Frontline. Audio, 00:01:49
Jamaican poet Tanya Shirley imagines the experiences of Caribbean servicemen
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted9 November 2018
A rendition of 'In Flanders Fields' by John McCrae. Julian Clegg. Audio, 00:01:08
Read by BBC Radio Solent listeners and staff.
- AttributionBBC Radio Solent
- Posted9 November 2018
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- Posted7 November 2018
The Essay. Minds at War: Series 5, Episode 2. Audio, 14 minutes
The impact of World War One explored through single works of art by great artists.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
An ode to Marfa's mysterious landscape. Video, 00:01:04
An ode to Marfa's mysterious landscape
- AttributionBBC
- Posted12 January 2018
The Essay. A Body of Essays: Series 3, The Blood. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Kayo Chingoni chooses the blood, and reveals a tragic personal story of HIV AIDS.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted30 October 2018
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- Posted30 October 2018
The Essay. A Body of Essays: Series 3, The Eyes. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Abi Curtis considers how our eyes both connect us to and alienate us from the world.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. A Body of Essays: Series 3, The Liver. Audio, 14 minutes
British Pakistani poet Imtiaz Dharker regards the liver as the true seat of our feelings.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Telegraph Wires - Five Views of Ted Hughes, Ted Hughes and Tenderness. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Simon Armitage talks about finding an unexpected in tenderness Ted Hughes's work.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Telegraph Wires - Five Views of Ted Hughes, Ted Hughes and the River of Time. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Zaffar Kunial explores Ted Hughes's personal obsession with dates and anniversaries.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Multi Story. Episode 3: Love Letters. Audio, 36 minutes
This week: words of love, feat. a disarming poem and a man who's never spoken to his wife
- AttributionBBC Local Radio
- Available for over a year
