Episode 4 - Treasonous Mince Pies, Bleak Midwinters... and Not So Happy Christmas

12/12/18 • 49 min

Dr Oli Tearle is joined by Dr Sara Read and Dr Barbara Cooke for the School of Poetry Christmas special... though there seems to be a lot of doom and gloom... Find out why.

Dr Oli Tearle is joined by Dr Sara Read and Dr Barbara Cooke for the School of Poetry Christmas special... though there seems to be a lot of doom and gloom... Find out why.

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Episode 3 - Brontë, Break-ups and Royal Raps

Dr Oli Tearle is joined by guests Dr Sarah Parker and Dr Claire O'Callaghan for another entertaining discussion. This episode, the trio focus on Emily Jane Bronte’s 'If Grief for Grief Can Touch Thee', the works of Iris Tree and a Royal rap poem penned for Prince William's 21st birthday.

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Episode 5 - First poems, a Beautiful Bowel Movement and is rap poetry?

Dr Oli Tearle is joined by Anne-Marie Beller and Dr Andrew Dix for the new season of School of Poetry, kicking off on World Poetry Day with a bumper edition featuring the likes of Lewis Carroll, Anne Bradstreet, T. E. Hulme, Sterling A Brown and John Updike.