Simon Jackson
Director of Music and Director of Studies in English at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge.
1 episode
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureAnglican saintsEnglish male poetsSonneteers17th-century English male writersLutheran saintsPeople celebrated in the Lutheran liturgical calendar17th-century English poetsAnglican poetsAnglican writersAlumni of Trinity College, CambridgePoet priestsTuberculosis deaths in EnglandPeople educated at Westminster School, London17th-century Christian mystics17th-century English Anglican priestsAnglo-Welsh poets17th-century deaths from tuberculosisProtestant mystics
George Herbert
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of 'the most beautiful poem in the world' whose works on his relationship with God offered comfort to Charles I when he faced execution.
07 November 2024
Also featuring: Helen Wilcox, Victoria Moul
CulturePoet priestsSonneteersPeople celebrated in the Lutheran liturgical calendar17th-century English Anglican priestsAnglican saintsAnglo-Welsh poets17th-century deaths from tuberculosisEnglish male poetsAnglican poetsTuberculosis deaths in EnglandLutheran saintsAlumni of Trinity College, CambridgePeople educated at Westminster School, London17th-century Christian mystics17th-century English male writersProtestant mystics17th-century English poetsAnglican writers