News That Stays News
Ritula Shah presents the news with poets. She's joined by familiar ±«Óãtv correspondents and a poetic line-up that includes Wendy Cope, Ian McMillan, Caleb Femi and Gillian Clarke.
It was Ezra Pound who wrote: "Literature is news that stays news." What would the news sound like if poets had a go?
Ritula Shah presents the news with poets. She is joined by ±«Óãtv correspondents Lyse Doucet, Allan Little and Norman Smith, and a lyrical line-up that includes Wendy Cope, Ian McMillan, Caleb Femi, Gillian Clarke and Maura Dooley.
Producer: Camellia Sinclair
Featured poems:
The Newspaper by George Crabbe
Composed Upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth
Still Life with Sea Pinks and High Tide by Maura Dooley
From: The Silvering
Publ: Bloodaxe Books
Sporty People by Wendy Cope
Smashed to a Pulp by Mohammod Ullah
The Day that Twitter went down by Brian Bilston
From: You Took the Last Bus ±«Óãtv
Publ: Unbound
Coping by Caleb Femi
The People's Shipping Forecast by Murray Lachlan Young
From the Republic of Conscience by Seamus Heaney
From: The Haw Lantern
Publ: Faber
Futility by Wilfred Owen
Letter by Hugh McMillan
From: The Other Creatures in the Wood
Publ: Mariscat
The Only News I Know by Emily Dickinson
And original poetry composed for this programme by Gillian Clarke and Ian McMillan.
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Broadcasts
- Sun 9 Dec 2018 16:30±«Óãtv Radio 4
- Sat 15 Dec 2018 23:30±«Óãtv Radio 4