This poem was specially commissioned by the British Museum, London, in partnership with the Poetry Society. It was inspired by the exhibition, 'Germany Divided: Baselitz & his generation', at the British Museum, London, 2014. http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/germany_divided.aspx

Michael Hofmann reads 'Baselitz and his Generation'

Enjoy a 9 minute (OK, 8 mins 42 seconds) guided taster tour of Vestry House Musem with our Assistant Curator, Gary Heales.

Listen at home if you're not in London or, for the full interactive experience, simply download the file to your phone and start just outside the main door to Vestry House from where Gary will guide you inside, telling you all kinds of fascinating facts about Vestry House's history as the workhouse for Walthamstow. You'll also learn what 'oakum' is and why the Royal Navy was so desperate for it. And finally you can discover how the Bremer car got a number plate decades after it was built.

Recorded & edited by Matt Taylor.


Vestry House Museum: Audio Tour (with Gary Heales)

Iain Galbraith reads ‘December 1914’ from his Popescu Prize winning translation of Jan Wagner’s collection Self-Portrait with a Swarm of Bees, published by Arc Publications. The Popescu European Poetry Translation Prize is awarded biennially by The Poetry Society for a volume of poetry translated from a European language into English. The judges this year are Olivia McCannon and Clare Pollard. The prize is supported in 2015 by the British Council. For more information on the 2015 Popescu Prize and selected poems please visit our website: http://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/popescu-prize/2015-2/

Iain Galbraith discusses translating ‘December 1914’ by Jan Wagner

A recording from The National Poetry Library's Special Edition series. Hear odes to the beloved River Thames from some of London's freshest spoken word artists and poets: Jeremiah Brown, Erin Bolens, Toby Campion and Rachel Nwokoro, chaired by Kat Francois. Recorded in The National Poetry Library on Wednesday 6 September 2017. This event was a Thames Festival Trust commission and part of Totally Thames 2017.

Special Edition

Boat Poets Thames Takeover

Wilderness By Astra Papachristodoulou

'Pond' by Harry Gilonis read by Astra Papachristodoulou. 'Pond' by Harry Gilonis appears in the collection 'Rough Breathing' published by Carcanet in 2018. A transcript can be found at https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2018/may/14/poem-of-the-week-a-small-alba-by-harry-gilonis More from Astra Papachristodoulou can be found at https://www.astranaut.co.uk

Pond by Harry Gilonis read by Astra Papachristodoulou

Publication in Poetry Review is generally a cause for celebration and fanfare. So how did Esther Morgan and Moniza Alvi. Guest Editors of the spring 2013 issue, 'The Anonymous Invitation', persuade eight established poets to publish their work without a credit? Was it liberating or unnerving for those who took part? And what does it tell us about our assumptions as readers? The fascinating conversation between Esther and Moniza was recorded at Keats House, London, on 18 April.

Moniza Alvi & Esther Morgan talk anonymity in this Poetry Society podcast

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Iain Galbraith discusses translating ‘December 1914’ by Jan Wagner

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