Poetry
In Our Time. John Clare. Audio, 48 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Clare, poet and farm labourer.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Savage Pilgrims. Audio, 45 minutes
Sara Mohr-Pietsch investigates the artistic community of New Mexico.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Unavailable
Drama on 3. Manfred. Audio, 89 minutes
Manfred, haunted by a dark crime, invokes spirits in search of solace but finds no peace.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Four Quartets. Audio, 49 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss TS Eliot's Four Quartets, known as his great last work.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Langston Hughes at the Third. Audio, 45 minutes
How an unlikely friendship led to Harlem poet Langston Hughes' epic 1964 ´óÏó´«Ã½ radio series.
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- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. New Generation Thinkers. Audio, 45 minutes
Features about lost modernist poet Hope Mirlees and North Africa's Jews during WWII.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Between the Ears. Rain. Audio, 30 minutes
Rain, Alice Oswald's radio poem, commissioned in 2016 for Radio 3's 70th anniversary.
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- Available for over a year
Short Cuts. Series 10, Losing Yourself. Audio, 30 minutes
Josie Long hears stories of what can be found when we lose ourselves.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Book that Changed Me, Tacita Dean. Audio, 15 minutes
Artist Tacita Dean on how Marguerite Yourcenar's book Fires changed her life and art.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Jackie Kay. Audio, 37 minutes
Jackie Kay, poet and writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Birthday Treat, Michael Rosen: On the Trail of DH Lawrence. Audio, 15 minutes
Michael Rosen visits Eastwood and the childhood home of DH Lawrence, who inspired him.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. The Social Media Poet. Audio, 15 minutes
Brian Bilston on becoming an accidental Twitter poet.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Fantasy Festival. Gillian Clarke. Audio, 28 minutes
Poet Gillian Clarke creates and curates the festival of her dreams.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Natural Histories. Fox. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood investigates the biology and culture of the Fox.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Roald Dahl at 100, Michael Rosen on the exuberance of Dahl's poetry. Audio, 15 minutes
Michael Rosen celebrates the dazzling language and clever observation of Dahl's poetry.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Somme, Daljit Nagra - On your 'A 1940 Memory' Audio, 15 minutes
Daljit Nagra with his poem On your 'A 1940 Memory', in response to the Battle of the Somme
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- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Somme, Jackie Kay - Private Joseph Kay. Audio, 15 minutes
Jackie Kay reads her poem Private Joseph Kay, in response to the Battle of the Somme.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Somme, Bill Manhire - Known unto God. Audio, 15 minutes
Bill Manhire reads his poem Known unto God, written in response to the Battle of the Somme
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- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Somme, Yrsa Daley-Ward - When your mother calls you, come. Audio, 15 minutes
Yrsa Daley-Ward reads her new poem When your mother calls you, come.
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- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Somme, Paul Muldoon - July 1st 1916, with the Ulster Division. Audio, 15 minutes
Paul Muldoon reads his new poem July 1st 1916, with the Ulster Division.
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- Available for over a year
Open Country. Tennyson's Lincolnshire. Audio, 25 minutes
Helen Mark explores the Lincolnshire Wolds through the poetry of Tennyson.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Minds at War: Series 3, Minds at War: Francis Ledwidge's poem O'Connell Street. Audio, 15 minutes
Gerald Dawe discusses the little-known poet Francis Ledwidge and his poem O'Connell Street
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- Available for over a year
The Essay. A Body of Essays: Series 2, Thomas Lynch - Whence and Whither: Some Thoughts on Uteri, on Wombs. Audio, 15 minutes
Michigan-based undertaker and poet Thomas Lynch reflects on the uterus.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. A Body of Essays: Series 2, Annie Freud - The Kidneys. Audio, 15 minutes
Poet and artist Annie Freud discusses the kidneys, the body's most hard-working organs.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Available for over a year