We begin another week here on My Poetic Side with a look at more of the #comfortandhope poetry from BBC Radio 4. We also have short articles about Idris Elba reading poetry and the postponed event for the last Scots Makar. More #comfortandhope Following on from last weeks look at the BBC Radio 4 programme that saw well-known voices reading poetry that was important ...
Our final poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at one of the first known written occurrences of the F-Word and some misquoted poetry. The F-Word The current Coronavirus pandemic isn"t the first time, and may well not be the last time, that people have had to isolate themselves. Almost 500 years ago people were in isolation in an attempt to avoid ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we take a look at the shortlist for this year"s Dylan Thomas Prize. We also look at just one of the lists of self-isolation reading that have been created. Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist The shortlist for this year"s Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced and it is dominated by the work of debut poets. The prize which ...
Today on My Poetic Side we bring you more of the celebrations marking the 250th birth anniversary of the poet William Wordsworth. We also look at the bid to save HMP Reading which has not been successful. The Prince of Wales Reads Wordsworth Yesterday Prince Charles marked the 250th birth anniversary of the poet William Wordsworth with a poetry reading in a radio ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we take a look at some more of the well-known voices bringing poetry to the Today programme. We also have an article about the shortlist for this years African Poetry Prize. More #comfortandhope In a continuation of our previous article about the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, we bring you some more of the best-known voices who ...
