Max Egremont
a biographer of Siegfried Sassoon
1 episode
Covers topics in categories such as:
20th-century English male writers20th-century English poetsEnglish Roman Catholics20th-century English novelistsEnglish Catholic poetsPeople with post-traumatic stress disorderEnglish LGBTQ poetsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize recipientsBisexual male writersBritish Army personnel of World War ILGBTQ Roman Catholics20th-century English LGBTQ peopleBisexual poetsEnglish World War I poets20th-century English memoiristsWar writersRoman Catholic writersRecipients of the Military CrossEnglish bisexual men, English bisexual writers, Royal Welch Fusiliers officersPeople educated at Marlborough CollegeBisexual military personnelDeaths from stomach cancer in England
Siegfried Sassoon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war poet Siegfried Sassoon; a homosexual war hero who became a bitter opponent of the First World War and a devout Catholic.
7 June 2007
Also featuring: Jean Moorcroft Wilson, Fran Brearton
Bisexual poetsRecipients of the Military CrossEnglish Catholic poetsEnglish World War I poets20th-century English memoirists20th-century English male writersPeople with post-traumatic stress disorderEnglish LGBTQ poetsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize recipientsEnglish bisexual men, English bisexual writers, Royal Welch Fusiliers officersEnglish Roman CatholicsPeople educated at Marlborough CollegeWar writersRoman Catholic writersBisexual military personnelDeaths from stomach cancer in EnglandBisexual male writers20th-century English novelistsBritish Army personnel of World War I20th-century English poetsLGBTQ Roman Catholics20th-century English LGBTQ people20th centuryWar