Midwinter
Poetry, music and meditations on the winter solstice and the shortest days of the year. With Jay Griffiths, Tim Gregory and Lia Leendertz.
Poetry and music to see us through the shortest days of winter. With reflections on midwinter from writers Jay Griffiths (author of Wild: An Elemental Journey and Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time) and Lia Leendertz (the creator of the Almanac guides to the year in the British Isles), and astronomical insights into the winter solstice from cosmochemistry researcher Dr Tim Gregory.
With winter poems by Kathleen Jamie, Liz Lochhead, Ruth Fainlight, Gillian Clarke, Mark Doty, Kerry Hardie and Billy Collins. Read by Sinead MacInnes and Richard Harrington.
Producer: Mair Bosworth
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Poems Featured in the Programme
Buds
By Ruth Fainlight
In the Mid Midwinter
By Liz Lochhead
Winter
By Billy Collins
The Hunter Home from the Hill
By Kerry Hardie
In the Same Space
By Mark Doty
The Year’s Midnight
By Gillian Clarke
Solstice II
By Kathleen Jamie
Solstice
By Ruth Fainlight
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Producer | Mair Bosworth |
| Reader | Sinead MacInnes |
| Reader | Richard Harrington |
Broadcasts
- Sun 22 Dec 201916:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 28 Dec 201923:30BBC Radio 4
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