Poetry
The Essay. A Circumnavigation of the British Isles in Five Traditional Boats, The Coble. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Katrina Porteous on the coble, the beach-launched working boat of the northeast coast
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Outlook. My father Faiz: Pakistan’s revolutionary poet, part 1. Audio, 41 minutes
Salima Hashmi grew up with puppets and poetry, inspiring her own career in performance
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Opening Lines. Tam O'Shanter. Audio, 14 minutes
John Yorke explores Robert Burns’s only long form narrative poem, Tam O’Shanter.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted25 January 2024
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- Posted17 January 2024
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- Posted15 January 2024
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- Posted15 January 2024
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- Posted14 January 2024
In the Studio. Poet Fred D’Aguiar. Audio, 27 minutes
Fred D’Aguiar on his collection For the Unnamed, inspired by a black jockey from 1852
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. In the Studio: Poet Fred D’Aguiar. Audio, 27 minutes
Fred D’Aguiar on his collection For the Unnamed, inspired by a black jockey from 1852.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Pilgrimage for a Pint. Audio, 28 minutes
Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart journey to the most remote pub in mainland Britain.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted22 December 2023
Witness History. Anna Akhmatova: The poet who defied a regime. Audio, 9 minutes
How the great poet kept writing even through the darkest days of Soviet history
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Outlook. Why cutting my dreadlocks set me free. Audio, 41 minutes
Feeling trapped in a strict Rastafari household, poetry helps Safiya Sinclair escape
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted10 December 2023
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- Posted9 December 2023
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- Posted8 December 2023
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- Posted7 December 2023
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- Posted7 December 2023
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- Posted7 December 2023
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- Posted6 December 2023
