Poetry
The Food Programme. The power of poems to connect us to food. Audio, 28 minutes
Farmer's stories through the eyes of poets – can it make us care how our food is grown?
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted23 February
The Verb. The Cute Verb. Audio, 44 minutes
Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's Cabaret of Cuteness as we examine all things cute.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Conversation. Women documenting climate change in pictures. Audio, 27 minutes
Stories of rising seas, floods and forced migration through photographs, maps and poetry
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service
- Available for over a year
Drama on 4. Trespass. Audio, 44 minutes
A satirical play about over-population, inherited wealth and a remarkable poetry festival.
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- Posted12 February
The Verb. The Physical Verb. Audio, 44 minutes
Helen Mort, Victoria Kennefick and Jon Ransom join Ian McMillan.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ 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
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ 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.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted25 January
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- Posted17 January
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- Posted15 January
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- Posted15 January
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- Posted14 January
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.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ 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.
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ 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
- Attribution´óÏó´«Ã½ 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
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- Available for over a year
