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English Verse: The Best of the Twentieth Century

Author : Various, Edited by Edward Leeson

Performed By : Julian Glover & Isla Blair

Publisher : Harper Collins UK

Runtime : 1 hour 39 minutes

Categories : Poetry

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Representing the work of more than thirty poets, and extending from Thomas Hardy�??s lines on the loss of Titanic to the present-day concerns of Seamus Heaney, The Best of Twentieth-Century Poetry offers an extensive survey of English poetry of the last hundred years. It includes established favourites like T S Eliot�??s The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, W H Auden�??s Stop all the Clocks and In Memory of W B Yeats, and Dylan Thomas�??s Fern Hill, together with a generous selection of poetry from both world wars. Embracing a wide range of styles and moods, this new selection captures the continuing richness of the English poetic tradition.

Includes the works of:

Thomas Hardy
Rudyard Kipling
Julian Grenfell
Edwin Muir
Dylan thomas
Stevie Smith
Philip Larkin
Seamus Heaney

All poems are taken from The Time Book of English Verse, edited by Edward Leeson.

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Ayres On The Air 2

Author : Pam Ayres

Performed By : Pam Ayres

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 3 hours

Categories : British
Humor
Radio Shows
Poetry

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"Pam Ayres has a quality of fun which glows ever more brightly as newer, lesser entertainers make their bid for stardom" --- The Scotsman

Just over thirty years ago, a little-known poet named Pam Ayres made her debut on the ITV talent show Opportunity Knocks. Since then, she has taken the nation by storm, entertaining millions of people with her books, stage shows and radio and television appearances.

Her first BBC Radio 4 series, Ayres on the Air, was a huge success, and this second series proves to be every bit as droll and delightful. A mix of comic poetry, sketches, and observations on life, each programme is themed around a different subject: Fame, Animals, Travel, Motherhood, The Old Days, and Food.

Here are much-loved poems such as "Do You Think Bruce Springsteen would fancy me?" "I'm  Going to Be Surgically Enhanced", "Clamp the Mighty Limpet", "How Can That Be My Baby?", "The Dolly on the Dustcart", "With These Hands" and "Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter"; and sketches about the frustration of calling rail enquiry lines, cracking the art of text messaging, and trying to stick to a diet.

These six programmes show the inimitable Pam Ayres at her warmest and wittiest, and are guarenteed to amuse and delight her many fans.