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John Simopoulos: A Tiger Burning Bright

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When we asked John Simopoulos, Founding Fellow and Dean of Degrees at St  Catherine’s College, Oxford, to read Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient  Mariner last year, we had an overwhelming response from listeners wanting to  hear more from him.


We're thrilled to welcome John back to present this  special new year's "mixed bag of prose, poetry and century" that is certain to  delight and inspire you... happy new year!

John reads and discusses:

  • Meditation 17 by John Donne
  • "The Little Black Boy" by William Blake
  • "The Tiger" by William Blake
  • Samuel Johnson's letter to Lord Chesterfield
  • "Those Winter Sundays" By Robert Hayden
  • "Heraclitus" by William Johnson Cory
  • "On The Coast Of Coromandel" by Osbert Sitwell
  • "The Owl And The Pussy Cat" by Edward Lear

    • Music in the  programme is available for purchase from magnatune.com

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