School of Poetry
‘School of Poetry’ is a podcast dedicated to discussing and analysing the good – and the not so good – within the world of poetry. With fresh poems and new themes to discuss in each episode, Loughborough University’s Dr Oli Tearle and other guest academics will bring their knowledge and expertise to this fun, yet educational, new show.Interact with Oli and guests on Twitter by following @LboroEnglish.
Episodes
9 episodes
Episode 8 - AI Poetry, Unexpected Coal-Trucks and Milton
Host Dr Oli Tearle is joined by Dr Barbara Cooke and Dr Kerry Featherstone to for the first-ever video version of the show, where they discuss John Milton's 'On His Blindness' ('When I consider how my light is spent'), poetry by artificial inte...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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51:33
Episode 7 - Transport, Autogeddon and Fire Eating with Bob Hoskins
Dr Oliver Tearle hosts another episode of 'School of Poetry', and is joined by returning guests Dr Sarah Parker and Dr Andrew Dix. The trio discusses transport poetry, including 'Ballade of an Omnibus' by Amy Levy, Heathcote Williams's 'Autoged...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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55:06
Episode 6 - Poets and their Pets, including Cats, Dogs and Byron's Bear...
“For secondly”... School of Poetry’s second episode of season two looks at Christopher Smart from Jubilate Agno, A Popular Personage at Home by Thomas Hardy and more as part of Poets and their Pets...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:08:30
Episode 5 - First poems, a Beautiful Bowel Movement and is rap poetry?
Dr Oli Tearle is joined by Anne-Marie Beller and Dr Andrew Dix for the new season of School of Poetry, kicking off on World Poetry Day with a bumper edition featuring the likes of Lewis Carroll, Anne Bradstreet, T. E. Hulme, Sterling A Brown an...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:12:35
Episode 4 - Treasonous Mince Pies, Bleak Midwinters... and Not So Happy Christmas
Dr Oli Tearle is joined by Dr Sara Read and Dr Barbara Cooke for the School of Poetry Christmas special... though there seems to be a lot of doom and gloom... Find out why.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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49:20
Episode 3 - Brontë, Break-ups and Royal Raps
Dr Oli Tearle is joined by guests Dr Sarah Parker and Dr Claire O'Callaghan for another entertaining discussion. This episode, the trio focus on Emily Jane Bronte’s 'If Grief for Grief Can Touch Thee', the works of Iris Tree and a Royal rap poem p...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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47:46
Episode 2 - Cat Poetry, Dickinson, Symons and Why 'Plop and Flop' Lacks Tragic Grandeur
Returning for the second episode of ‘School of Poetry’, host Dr Oli Tearle is accompanied by guests Dr Carol Bolton and Dr Nick Freeman to discuss Emily Dickinson, Arthur Symons, cats and share a laugh over our ‘So Bad, It’s Good’ moment.‘School o...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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56:46
Episode 1 - Spring, a 'Dairy Ode' and Leicestershire Poetry
As March draws to a close, host Dr Oli Tearle is accompanied by guests Dr Sarah Parker and Dr Kerry Featherstone to contemplate the theme of spring.
Kicking off with a reading of ‘Spring’ by Edna St. Vincent Millay, our experts discuss an inte...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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46:52
