Today we have a special interview with the legendary former cricketeer Abbas Ali Baig.

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Today's poem was written many Junes ago, after a train journey taken by Edward Thomas in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of the First World War. Thomas enlisted in 1915 and was killed in 1917, before his collection of poems was published.

Find the full poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53744/adlestrop

This episode features an essay written in August 2017 on Why We Watch Cricket. For cricket and not-yet-cricket fans alike. 

Today's poem was recorded on May 6, 2020. It was a birthday dedication to Margaret.

Find the poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57306/never-give-all-the-heart

Find the poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44479/ode-to-a-nightingale

This was a request from Joanna. 

This post was written in April 2024, when English cricket lost one of its great performers in the left-arm spinner Derek Underwood. Read the post and other essays on cricket on the Pavilion End blog. 

This is part 2 of a 2-part episode recorded in May 2020, during the Covid pandemic. It is an extract from travel writer Jan Morris's 'Venice'. 

Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother. She is a travel writer and author of several books.

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Find the poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45521/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud

This is part 1 of a 2-part episode, recorded during the Covid pandemic in May 2020. 

Find the poem and a commentary here: https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/the-arrest-of-oscar-wilde-at-the-cadogan-hotel

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Find the poem and a commentary here: https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/naming-of-parts

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