Poetry
Sunday Feature. Dark Arcadias, Episode 1. Audio, 45 minutes
Adam Nicolson explores ideas of Arcadia in the work of Hesiod, Virgil and Horace.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Does Happiness Write White? Audio, 30 minutes
Why do writers find happiness such a difficult emotion to capture on the page?
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Tennyson's In Memoriam. Audio, 42 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem In Memoriam.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Ian McMillan. Audio, 45 minutes
Poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Kalevala: Finland's National Epic. Audio, 30 minutes
Nick Hennessey explores the mythical world of Finland's national poem, The Kalevala.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Rudyard Kipling. Audio, 30 minutes
John Major discusses the life of Rudyard Kipling, poet to the British Empire.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Audio, 30 minutes
Andrew Motion champions the life of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate for over 40 years
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Ruth Padel. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is poet Ruth Padel.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Yeats and Irish Politics. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg examines the effect of Irish politics on the work of the poet W.B. Yeats.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Charles Bukowski. Audio, 30 minutes
Comedian Rhona Cameron chooses the German-American writer and poet, Charles Bukowski.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Claude McKay. Audio, 30 minutes
Theatre director, actress and writer Yvonne Brewster nominates poet Claude McKay.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Greek and Roman Love Poetry. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Greek and Roman love poetry.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Pope. Audio, 45 minutes
The life and work of the brilliant, acerbic and unpopular poet Alexander Pope.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. WH Auden. Audio, 30 minutes
Broadcaster Jeremy Vine chooses the poet, WH Auden.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
