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Fiona Sampson was born in London, and grew up in the West Country, on the west coast of Wales and in Gloucestershire. Her background in music forms an important part of her poetic voice – leaving school at sixteen to…

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Philip Levine

B. 1934 D. 2015

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The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Philip Levine grew up in industrial Detroit during the Great Depression of the 1930s. In The Bread of Time: Toward an Autobiography Levine deals with his experiences as a factory worker, his family and friends,…

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Ruth Padel

B. 1947

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Ruth Padel (b. 1947) has won the National Poetry Competition and written six collections of poetry, several shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot or Whitbread Prize; taught Greek at Oxford, sung in an Istanbul nightclub, is a Fellow of the Royal…

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Richard Wilbur

B. 1921 D. 2017

Richard Wilbur (1921 – 2017) is perhaps best known as the second person to hold the position of US Poet Laureate (1987-88), and was also the recipient of laurels including the Pulitzer Prize (twice), the Bollingen Prize, the National Book…

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A White City Underground - Jane McKie
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‘O Tell Me the Truth’ - Connie Bensley
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Sham-Shack - Karin Schimke
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Jordan - George Herbert - Read by Lavinia Greenlaw
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a cappella - Alistair Paterson
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Checking Out Me History - John Agard
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The right word - Imtiaz Dharker
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a sad donky and a fat man smiling - Billy Childish
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