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BBC Proms 2014, Proms Plus Literary Episodes

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Back up to: 2014

  1. Proms Poetry Competition

    Daljit Nagra and Ian McMillan with the winning entries in 2014's Proms Poetry Competition.

  2. Robert Frost

    Writer Matthew Hollis and biographer Jay Parini discuss the American poet Robert Frost.

  3. Philip Larkin and The Whitsun Weddings

    Andrew Motion and Kate Clanchy discuss Philip Larkin and his work The Whitsun Weddings.

  4. Martin Amis

    Author Martin Amis discusses his novel The Zone of Interest.

  5. Icelandic Culture

    Eleanor Rosamond Barraclough s novelist Joanna Kavenna to discuss Icelandic culture.

  6. Wilfred Owen

    Poets Fred d'Aguiar and Michael Longley discuss the work of WWI writer Wilfred Owen.

  7. Melbourne's Cultural Heritage

    Carmen Callil and Helen Fitzgerald discuss Melbourne's cultural heritage.

  8. WWI's 'Lost Generation'

    Writers Helen Dunmore and Simon Heffer discuss the idea of WWI's 'Lost Generation'.

  9. Gavin Maxwell

    Nature writers Miriam Darlington and Horatio Clare discuss Scottish author Gavin Maxwell.

  10. Dylan Thomas Centenary

    Poet Gillian Clarke and artist Peter Blake celebrate the centenary of Dylan Thomas's birth

  11. Tony Harrison

    Poet and playwright Tony Harrison discusses his work over the last 50 years.

  12. Craig Raine

    Poet Craig Raine discusses ways in which writers adopt a 'magpie' approach to language.

  13. Poems from the First World War

    Dame Shirley Williams and Colonel Tim Collins introduce an anthology of poetry from WWI.

  14. The Taming of the Shrew

    Janet Suzman and Alexandra Gilbreath discuss The Taming of the Shrew and sexual politics.

  15. Responses to War: Owen Sheers and Pat Barker

    Prize-winning writer Pat Barker and poet Owen Sheers discuss artists' responses to war.

  16. What Is Chinese Culture Today?

    Rana Mitter is ed by novelist Xiaolu Guo to discuss the culture of China today.