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Man Down - Kae Tempest
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The Cougar - Christopher Reid
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My Wives - Neil Rollinson
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The Barbecue - D. M. Thomas
The Mighty Dead
Sonnet 20: A woman’s face
Read by James Fenton
Sonnet 20: A woman’s face - William Shakespeare - Read by James Fenton
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Whoso list to hunt
Read by Alice Oswald
by Thomas Wyatt
Whoso list to hunt - Thomas Wyatt - Read by Alice Oswald
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They flee from me that sometime did me seek
Read by Helen Dunmore
by Thomas Wyatt
They flee from me that sometime did me seek - Thomas Wyatt - Read by Helen Dunmore
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Sailing to Byzantium
Read by Maurice Riordan
Sailing to Byzantium - William Butler Yeats - Read by Maurice Riordan
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Please Can I Have a Man - Selima Hill
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Portrait of My Lover as a Dress - Selima Hill
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Portrait of My Lover as a Spoon - Selima Hill
The Mighty Dead
Beppo (extract)
Read by Fleur Adcock
by Lord Byron