Simon Armitage

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4 mentions 4 recordings first heard Aug 2026 last heard 15 Sep ↓1 this week

British poet and former Desert Island Discs castaway

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Gyles BrandrethRosebud with Gyles Brandreth · More Rosebud - Larry Lamb, a Life Story in Poetry · 8:01 · 15 Sep
…We've had Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, as a special guest.…
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Gyles BrandrethRosebud with Gyles Brandreth · More Rosebud 3rd birthday "treat repeat" special - Terry Pen... · 11:20 · 1 Sep
…I suppose that reflects my interest, Simon Armitage, Pam Ayres, Roger McGoff.…
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Andrew DickinsonLondon Review Bookshop Podcast · Elizabeth Bishop’s Styles: Andrew Dickinson and Peter McDo... · 5:21 · 31 Aug
…Simon Armitage does in his professor of poetry lecture on Elizabeth Bishop, how much she uses similes.…
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Paul FarmerDesert Island Discs · Paul Farmer, charity leader · 46:57 · 8 Aug
…I'd like to take some poems by Simon Armitage.…
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