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Adventures in Poetry - Adlestrop

4 Extra Debut. Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting appeal of this 1915 poem about a stop at a Cotswolds railway station.

大象传媒 Radio 4's and 4 Extra's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the 大象传媒's radio poetry archive.

In Adventures in Poetry, Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting appeal of the 1915 poem 'Adlestrop' about a stop at a Cotswolds railway station.

This poem has long been loved for its evocation of high summer, rural England and the intimation of changes to come.

Producer: Tim Dee

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in 2009.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 26 Oct 2015 05:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 25 Oct 2015 17:00
  • Mon 26 Oct 2015 05:00