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Poetry with Simon Armitage

Poet, playwright and novelist, Simon Armitage was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford University in 2015. This series features his public engagements.Series image credit Paul Wolfgang Webster.

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We Need To Talk About Robert: Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature'

We Need To Talk About Robert: Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature'

Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage gives a lecture about literature, poetry and Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Litera... Read more

14 Mar 2017

59mins

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Simon Armitage's third public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.

18 May 2016

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Access All Areas: Poetry and the Underworld

Access All Areas: Poetry and the Underworld

Simon Armitage's fourth public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.

14 Nov 2016

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95 Theses: On the Principles and Practice of Poetry

95 Theses: On the Principles and Practice of Poetry

Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage gives his sixth public lecture. Held on 16th May 2017.

19 May 2017

1hr 3mins

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The Hawks and the Doves – raptors and rapture in the poetry of Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes.

The Hawks and the Doves – raptors and rapture in the poetry of Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes.

Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage discusses the poems of Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes.

15 Nov 2017

1hr 1min

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