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George Mackay Brown

Roger McGough with a programme dedicated to the Orkney poet and prose writer George Mackay Brown, who died twenty years ago this year. He wrote poems full of wonderful imagery, capturing the life and characters of those islands. Reader John Mackay. Producer Sally Heaven.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 19 Mar 2016 23:30
大象传媒 Radio 4

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This Week's Poems

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Prologue to 'The Storm'

Hamnavoe

The Death of Peter Esson

Peat Cutting

The Old Women

Hamnavoe Market

Beachcomber

Stella Cartwright (for her birthday - 15 May 1982)

Further Than Hoy

The Poet

Kirkyard

Countryman

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All by George Mackay Brown

Taken from The Collected Poems of George Mackay Brown

Published by John Murray

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The Horses

By Edwin Muir

From Edwin Muir 鈥� Collected Poems

Published by Faber and Faber

Credits

Presenter Roger McGough
Reader John MacKay
Producer Sally Heaven

Broadcasts

  • Sun 13 Mar 2016 16:30
    大象传媒 Radio 4
  • Sat 19 Mar 2016 23:30
    大象传媒 Radio 4