Synopsis
Selections of poetry on various themes, chosen by listeners. Gareth Owen and Patricia Gallimore from The Archers present a selection of their favourite poems, recorded at the BBC Radio 4 Poetry Festival in Bristol. These include Days by Philip Larkin read by Gareth Owen, It is not growing like a tree by Ben Jonson read by Patricia Gallimore, Sonnet 14 "If thou must love me" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning read by Patricia Gallimore, They flee form me that sometime did seek me by Sir Thomas Wyatt read by Gareth Owen, When I set out for Lyonesse by Thomas Hardy read by Gareth Owen, Blue umbrellas by D.J. Enright read by Patricia Gallimore, The listeners by Walter de la Mare read by Patricia Gallimore, Sonnet 83 "How like a winter hath my absence been' by William Shakespeare read by Gareth Owen, Timothy Winters by Charles Causley read by Patricia Gallimore, Madam life's a piece in bloom by W.E. Henley read by Gareth Owen and Eli Jenkin's poem from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas read by Gareth Owen.
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Britain's EC Trade Commissioner and former Conservative Home Secretary talks to Sue Lawley about his life and career, and chooses his favourite music. His choices include Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, the commentary on England winning the Ashes in 1953, `When I was a Lad' from HMS Pinafore, his wife reading Shakespeare's Sonnet No 16, 'Eternal Father Strong To Save', Don Carlos by Verdi, Dvorak's Cello Concerto, and Mozart's 'Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail'.