Poetry
The Essay. Paradise Lost, Sean O'Brien. Audio, 15 minutes
Sean O'Brien on how bold Milton's Paradise Lost was, 350 years on from being published.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Sunday Feature. Ginsberg in India. Audio, 45 minutes
Writer Jeet Thayil retraces beat poet Allen Ginsberg's travels round India in the 1960s.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Documentary Podcast. Hadraawi: The Somali Shakespeare. Audio, 27 minutes
Somali life and culture through the work of poet Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadraawi'
- AttributionBBC World Service
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The Documentary Podcast. Yangon Renaissance: Poets, Punks and Painters. Audio, 27 minutes
Inside Yangon as revealed through the artists, writers and musicians forging new Myanmar
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The Essay. The Love that Wrote Its Name, The Loves of Elizabeth Bishop. Audio, 15 minutes
Neel Mukherjee explores the two great loves of American poet Elizabeth Bishop's life.
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Free Thinking. Landmark: Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy. Audio, 45 minutes
Matthew Sweet and guests debate the contemporary relevance of ideas of poet Matthew Arnold
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Open Country. The Dark Side of the Lune. Audio, 25 minutes
Ian Marchant explores the dark side of the Lune. The River Lune in Lancashire.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Essay. The Love that Wrote Its Name, WH Auden and Chester Kallman. Audio, 15 minutes
Gregory Woods on the tumultuous but enduring relationship of WH Auden and Chester Kallman.
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The Essay. Minds at War: Series 4, Isaac Rosenberg's Dead Man's Dump. Audio, 15 minutes
Santanu Das explores the poetic world of Bristol-born Isaac Rosenberg.
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The Essay. Minds at War: Series 4, Siegfried Sassoon's Letter to The Times. Audio, 15 minutes
Joanna Bourke on Siegfried Sassoon and his celebrated protest against the conflict.
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Desert Island Discs. Liz Lochhead. Audio, 35 minutes
Liz Lochhead is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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In Our Time. Emily Dickinson. Audio, 49 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), celebrated American poet.
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World Book Club. Derek Walcott - Omeros. Audio, 50 minutes
Another chance to hear Nobel laureate Derek Walcott discuss his epic poem Omeros.
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The Essay. Late Style: Douglas Dunn. Audio, 13 minutes
Writing back the years: thoughts on poetry after retirement by Douglas Dunn.
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The Essay. Late Style, Douglas Dunn. Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Douglas Dunn reflects on writing poetry after retirement.
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The Essay. Late Style: Diana Hendry. Audio, 13 minutes
Writing age: thoughts on keeping going by Diana Hendry.
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The Essay. Late Style, Diana Hendry. Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Diana Hendry gives her thoughts on keeping going.
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The Essay. Late Style, Vicki Feaver. Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Vicki Feaver gives her thoughts on writing as one becomes older.
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Sunday Feature. v. is for Tony. Audio, 45 minutes
Paul Farley presents a profile of a unique poet, playwright and director, Tony Harrison.
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In Pursuit of Edward Thomas. Audio, 30 minutes
Matthew Hollis follows Edward Thomas's 1913 journey into the south west and towards poetry
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The Stately Pleasure Dome. Audio, 30 minutes
Michael Symmons Roberts gives a poet's perspective on Manchester's Intu Trafford Centre.
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Four Thought. Capturing Moonlight. Audio, 15 minutes
Astrid Alben explains how art and science together can explain phenomena like moonlight.
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Two Poets. Audio, 30 minutes
Through the poetry of Les Murray, an autistic savant begins to see the world differently.
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In Our Time. John Clare. Audio, 48 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Clare, poet and farm labourer.
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