Thoroughly enjoyable, but I take exception to what Ian says at 35:40: 'Bridges, however, did make one lasting contribution to the English canon.' Most people who love lyric poetry will, I hope, agree that there are good reasons why 'Nightingales' and 'London Snow' and some other poems from RB's pen are much anthologized.
Why is Hislobes moaning that Carol Ann Duffy (Christ. She's on the GCSE syllabus. Her work is awful) is the first female Poet Laureate? He doesn't even mention that "V. Sackville-West" was of course Vita Sackville-West, who wrote The Land and The Garden, as well as Orlando (and other great novels), and whose husband was a great anti-appeasement MP in the 30s. Why doesn't he champion her rather than admitting Carol Ann Duffy's dreary "anti-establishment" rubbish to the club?
What an excellent, informative program. Thanks!
Stirring stuff indeed. Thanks for the upload.
Superb. Thank you.
Enlightening, enjoyable. Well done, you.
Thoroughly enjoyable, but I take exception to what Ian says at 35:40:
'Bridges, however, did make one lasting contribution to the English canon.'
Most people who love lyric poetry will, I hope, agree that there are good reasons why 'Nightingales' and 'London Snow' and some other poems from RB's pen are much anthologized.
Bring me my canons for i am the lord of this manor? Just wanted to say it?
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Why is Hislobes moaning that Carol Ann Duffy (Christ. She's on the GCSE syllabus. Her work is awful) is the first female Poet Laureate? He doesn't even mention that "V. Sackville-West" was of course Vita Sackville-West, who wrote The Land and The Garden, as well as Orlando (and other great novels), and whose husband was a great anti-appeasement MP in the 30s. Why doesn't he champion her rather than admitting Carol Ann Duffy's dreary "anti-establishment" rubbish to the club?
Virginia Woolf wrote Orlando ...
@@anneroy4560which was inspired by whom?