Lines from Lockdown: ‘Little Gidding’, by Venetia Bridges

It feels like we're at something of a turning point in the Covid-19 crisis, with many countries starting to emerge from lockdown and yet the future feeling uncertain. Today's #LinesFromLockdown reading from Dr Venetia Bridges speaks to that feeling through T.S. Eliot's 'Little Gidding', a poem which draws on medieval literature to put a wider...

Lines from Lockdown: ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’, by Anna-Rose Shack

Some people are lucky enough to be able to access the outdoors during lockdown, while others have to remain more homebound. W.B.Yeats' poem 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' reminds that even if we can't escape physically, we can travel to a favourite place in the mind. Read by Anna-Rose Shack. https://youtu.be/A3GkbrgjgLs This is from our...

Lines from Lockdown: ‘King John’s Christmas’, by A.A. Milne

A.A.Milne's poem is set at Christmas, and evokes the feeling many children have when they really, really want a certain present. However, the poem is not just for this time of year: it also speaks of the pain of isolation and the desire for social contact at the time of coronavirus. Read by Dr Venetia...