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‘Jaguar Girl’ for BBC 100 - Pascale Petit
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The Applicant - Sylvia Plath
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In Parenthesis - David Jones
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Windrush Child - John Agard
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ABC in Sound - Bob Cobbing
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While summer suns o’er the gay prospect play’d
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While summer suns o’er the gay prospect play’d - Thomas Warton - Read by Will Burns
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An Autumn Homily
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An Autumn Homily - Alfred Austin - Read by Pascale Petit
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Thomas Warton
B. 1728 D. 1790
Born in Hampshire, Warton was appointed Poet Laureate in 1785, Warton was also a literary historian and critic and is listed as having produced the first History of English Poetry. He was a highly regarded scholar. Warton died before he…
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Alfred Austin
B. 1835 D. 1913
Appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, Austin was born in Headingley and was educated at Stonyhurst College, St Mary’s College and at the University of London. His upbringing was Roman Catholic but moved towards agnosticism over time. He trained as a…
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Mossbawn Sunlight for BBC 100 - Seamus Heaney
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‘Rubaiyat’ for BBC 100 - Mimi Khalvati
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Gloriana Dying - Sylvia Townsend Warner
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Edwin Muir
B. 1887 D. 1959
Edwin Muir was one of the chief Scottish poets of his day writing in English, as well as being known as a literary critic and translator. Born the son of a crofter, Muir was educated in Kirkwall. Following his marriage…
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Great Sporting Moments - Simon Armitage
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Bob Cobbing
B. 1920 D. 2002
Poet and publisher Bob Cobbing was born in Enfield, England. He became known internationally for pioneering visual, concrete, and sound poetry and for his dynamic and often startling poetry performances; he was known too for his role as publisher, under…