Andrew Motion and Graham Coxon
Ian McMillan asks Andrew Motion to reflect on his ten years as Poet Laureate and wonders what the future holds for Motion and for the office of Poet Laureate itself.
Ian McMillan presents the weekly programme about language. Ian asks Andrew Motion to reflect on his time as Poet Laureate. Motion has admitted to finding the role damaging to his work as a poet, and as he prepares to step down from the post after ten years and publishes his last collection of poems as Laureate, The Cinder Path, Ian asks what the future holds for Motion and for the office of Poet Laureate itself.
And former Blur guitarist and songwriter Graham Coxon presents songs from album The Spinning Top.
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