大象传媒

**** This programme was suggested by Shenyou Me as part of 大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra鈥檚 All Request Weekend. Shenyou Me chooses it as it demonstrates Jonathan Bates' 'unparalleled ability to intertwine the intricacies of poetry with the rich tapestry of history'. ****

Daljit Nagra presents this programme from the poetry archive and also reads from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month: Skeletons by Deborah Landau. It's the fifth collection from the American poet, essayist and critic.

The Poetry of History - The Death of King George is presented by Jonathan Bate who turns to the most popular English poet of the 20th Century. John Betjeman's Death of King George V captures, in its twelve closely packed lines, not just the passing of a monarch but a subtle shift in the Britain in which he had grown up.

Betjeman's daughter Candida Lycett Green and his biographer Andrew Wilson join Jonathan Bate for the Poetry of History.

Tom Alban - Producer

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in 2007.

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