
Max Egremont
a biographer of Siegfried Sassoon
1 episode
Covers topics in categories such as:
20th-century English male writers20th-century English poets20th-century English novelistsEnglish Roman CatholicsLGBTQ Roman CatholicsEnglish Catholic poetsEnglish LGBTQ poetsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize recipientsPeople with post-traumatic stress disorderBisexual male writers20th-century English LGBTQ peopleBritish Army personnel of World War IRoman Catholic writersWar writers20th-century English memoiristsEnglish World War I poetsBisexual poetsDeaths from stomach cancer in EnglandPeople educated at Marlborough CollegeRecipients of the Military CrossEnglish bisexual men, English bisexual writers, Royal Welch Fusiliers officersBisexual military personnel
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
20th-century English novelistsEnglish Roman Catholics20th-century English male writersRoman Catholic writersLGBTQ Roman CatholicsEnglish Catholic poetsEnglish LGBTQ poets20th-century English poetsWar writersJames Tait Black Memorial Prize recipientsDeaths from stomach cancer in EnglandPeople with post-traumatic stress disorderBisexual male writersPeople educated at Marlborough CollegeRecipients of the Military Cross20th-century English LGBTQ peopleEnglish bisexual men, English bisexual writers, Royal Welch Fusiliers officersBritish Army personnel of World War I20th-century English memoiristsEnglish World War I poetsBisexual poetsBisexual military personnel