Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Simon Kövesi

Professor of English Literature at Oxford Brookes University

1 episode

Covers topics in categories such as:

CultureEnglish male poetsSonneteers19th-century English poetsVictorian poetsRomantic poetsPeople from Northamptonshire (before 1974)People with mood disorders

  1. John Clare

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Clare, the 'Northamptonshire peasant poet', whose writing was as celebrated as his life was humble.

    9 February 2017

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    Also featuring: Jonathan Bate, Mina Gorji

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    CultureEnglish male poetsSonneteers19th-century English poetsVictorian poetsRomantic poetsPeople from Northamptonshire (before 1974)People with mood disorders