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Read by Libby Brunton, Ghizela Rowe & Laurel Lefkow (Unabridged: 1hr 4mins) Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson was born on 22nd September 1847 in Barnes, London. Her family travelled widely meaning that Alice’s early years were spent around England, Switzerland, and France before finally settling in Italy. Her dedicated interest in religion...
Read by Christopher Ragland, Liza Ross & Danny Swopes (Unabridged: 1hr 14mins) Wallace James Stevens was born on October 2nd, 1879 in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father, a lawyer, sent Wallace to Harvard as a non-degree special student, after which he moved<p>to New York City and worked briefly as a journalist. From there...
Read by Ghizela Rowe & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 15mins) Featuring poems by Tagore, George Eliot, WB Yeats & others. Love. What is love? The question is asked by each of us but the answer remains elusive. Dictionaries summon up many words but none fulfill. Love itself is often ethereal, felt but...
Read by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe & Tim Graham (Unabridged: 1hr 34mins) Whilst this given name and the poets included can seem at first glance broad and unmanageable the name both historically and artistically is a near perfect fit. Those poets that pledged support to Charles I, a connoisseur and patron...
(Unabridged: 39mins) December - The 12th month and closing month in the Gregorian calendar. Winter is upon the land and the poets including such as Keats, Shelley, Tennyson, Shakespeare and Stevenson reflect their views and thoughts. Among our readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe. Tracklist - December - An Introduction;...
Read by Ghizela Rowe & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 15mins) Featuring poems by Wilfred Owen, John Donne, Paul Laurence Dunbar & others. Love. What is love? The question is asked by each of us but the answer remains elusive. Dictionaries summon up many words but none fulfill. Love itself is often ethereal, felt...
Unwavering conviction in all manner of Gods, beliefs and delusions Read by David Shaw-Parker, Laurel Lefkow & Elliot Fitzgerald(Unabridged: 15hrs 5mins) Featuring stories by Honore de Balzac, F Scott Fitzgerald, Leo Tolstoy, Rudyard Kipling, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Barry Pain & more. Faith is something we all have. Fervour we see as passion without...
Read by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe & Gideon Wagner (Unabridged: 1hr 10mins) Ivor Bertie Gurney was born in Gloucester on 28th August 1890. A chorister at Gloucester cathedral Ivor began to compose music at 14 before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in 1911. Noted for his...
Read by Richard Mitchley, Glyn Houston, Angharad Rees & Sian Phillips (Unabridged: 54mins) This proud nation with it’s long history; sometimes rough, hewn from bleak landscapes, sometimes gently soft from its comforting voices has produced a long succession of artists and poets. In the latter category Louis MacNeice most probably stands pre-eminent, his...
Read by Richard Burton (Unabridged: 36mins) John Donne (1572 – 1631) was an English poet, preacher, and a major representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works are notable for their realistic and sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires, and...