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Adventures in Poetry - Adlestrop
4 Extra Debut. Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting appeal of this 1915 poem about a stop at a Cotswolds railway station.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4's and 4 Extra's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's radio poetry archive.
In Adventures in Poetry, Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting appeal of the 1915 poem 'Adlestrop' about a stop at a Cotswolds railway station.
This poem has long been loved for its evocation of high summer, rural England and the intimation of changes to come.
Producer: Tim Dee
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 2009.
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Mon 26 Oct 2015
05:00
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