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Poet Craig Raine discusses the ways in which borrowing and reshaping existing phrases is a feature of music and literature, and why writers adopt a 'magpie' approach to language.

Borrowing and reshaping existing phrases is a feature of both music and literature. The poet Craig Raine discusses the way expressions change their meaning and why writers adopt a magpie approach to language.

Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music before tonight's Prom concert.

Producer: Zahid Warley.

20 minutes

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Aug 2014 20:00

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