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Riding on de Riddym (2000 Audio)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 60 min. Compact disc. 60 min., 2000 sale: £7.99 (inc. VAT + p&p) - cassette 2000 sale: £9.99 (inc. VAT + p&p) - CD

Jamaica-born dub-poet, writer and performer Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, with a selection of 30 of her spoken works, exploring a wide range of personal, social and political issues. Includes ‘Red Rebel...

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Robert Graves: The Spoken Word (2009)

Subject

English language and literature; Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 68 minutes), £10.00

Over a long career Robert Graves proved a prolific writer across a variety of genres, producing historical novels, classical translations and criticism, but he regarded himself as primarily a poet. Drawing...

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Elaine Randell (1994 Video)

Director

Yasmin Skelt

Producer

Yasmin Skelt

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 1996 sale: £20.00 (inclusive)

The London-born writer and poet Elaine Randell talks about her life and work, and reads from her poetry and prose. With archive photographs.

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Wired for Books: Raymond Carver (1983)

Subject

Literature

In this 1983 interview with Don Swaim, the short story writer and poet, Raymond Carver, talks about growing up in the Pacific Northwest, his writing life, and his struggle with alcoholism.

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Last Laurels for Sir John [A Tribute to John Betjeman] (1985)

A tribute to Sir John Betjeman, read by Sean Street. He was an English writer, poet and broadcaster. Born on the 28th August 1906, died May 19, 1984. [Box 1 - Sean Street Collection]

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In Conversation with D M Thomas: The Novelist and the Therapist (1996 Video)

Subject

English language and literature; Psychiatry

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min., 1997 sale: £49.95 (inclusive) 1997 sale: £200.00 (inclusive) set of 5

D M Thomas, author of ‘The White Hotel’, talks to Michael Jacobs. The novel is about one of Freud’s patients and combines the themes of love and death. The book raises questions about the relationship...

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Focus: Interview with Paul Hyland (1985)

Sean Street in coversation with Paul Hyland, poet and writer. He talks about his life and his career and his books: Purbeck, and Green Island. [Box 1 - Sean Street Collection]

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Feature about George Bernard Shaw [part of interview] - nd [1975-1986]

Part of an interview with lady [not mentioned the name] who speaks about the poet and the life of George Bernard Shaw, writer and playwright. Born on the 26th of July 1856, died on the 2nd of November 1950....

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In Search of Robert Burns (2013)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £12.99

Documentary about Scottish poet Robert Burns, presented by David Hayman, who explores Burns’ life from his childhood to his rise to fame throughout the nation. The programme also includes a section in...

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I, Cinna (The Poet) (2012 Video)

Director

Tim Crouch

Video recording of Tim Crouch’s play for children aged 11+ which encourages young audiences to think about the relationship between words and actions, art and politics and self and society. I, Cinna (the...

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