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  1. First World War in Poetry (2014)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 70 minutes), £10.00

    Selection of poems written about the First World War read by actor Rory Kinnear. Among the poets represented are Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, Wilfred Owen, Edward Thomas, Thomas Hardy, Laurence Binyon,...

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  2. Ted Hughes Dreamtime (2015)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £9.99

    Ted Hughes was one of the major poets of his generation. His older brother Gerald Hughes wrote a memoir of their relationship called ‘Ted and I’. The two brothers were close all their lives. This DVD is...

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  3. Poet’s Guide to Britain, A (2009)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £15.99

    Acclaimed poet and author Owen Sheers presents this enlightening series in which he looks at six great works of poetry about the British landscape. The poems by William Wordsworth, Matthew Arnold, Lynette...

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  4. Simon Schama’s John Donne (2009)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £195.00

    Simon Schama celebrates the life and work of one of Britain’s greatest love poets, John Donne. For Schama, Donne is the poet who transformed English poetry through his emotional honesty and skilled use of...

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  5. Wordsworth’s Spots of Time (2003)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL NTSC, 57 minutes), £29.99 (inclusive)

    William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was a key figure in the English Romantic movement. His ideas about language revolutionised modern definitions of poetry and his love of nature helped to shape the modern...

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  6. Poets and People (3 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30, 45, 45 min.

    Part 1: Douglas Dunn reads his poems to a mixed-age audience at a community school on a deprived housing estate outside Edinburgh. An account of Dunn’s background is illustrated by stills of places...

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  7. Our Country and the Dim Little Island (2005)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 55 mintues), £18.99

    Two films reflecting life in Britain in the 1940s.

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  8. Possession (2002)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 98 minutes), £15.99

    A film adaptation of the novel by AS Byatt. An American poetry researcher travels to England and enlists the help of a British expert to help him piece together the life and love affair of two poets. DVD...

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  9. Making and Meaning: Turner: ‘The Fighting Temeraire’ (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1999 sale £10.00 (inclusive)

    Examines the significance of Turner’s painting of a ship being towed to a place for breaking-up. Uses location footage on the Thames and engravings of the period to show how Turner transformed an everyday...

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  10. Night Mail (Remastered and Restored) (1936)

    Director
    Harry Watt; Basil Wright
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 24 minutes (BFI + 92 minutes extras)), £15.99 (BFI) £19.99 (Panamint)

    One of the most critically acclaimed and iconic films produced within the British documentary movement, NIGHT MAIL tells the story of the travelling post office from Euston to Glasgow and the men who worked...

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