This Be The Verse
Jan 22, 2026•52 min
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Episode description
This week, Tristram Fane Saunders surveys the poetic landscape; and Toby Lichtig on a rediscovered slice of life in 1930s Berlin.
'A History of England in 25 Poems', by Catherine Clarke
'Rhyme and Reason: A short history of poetry and people (for people who don't usually read poetry)', by Mark Forsyth
'Endless Present: Selected articles, reviews and dispatches, 2010-23', by Rory Waterman
'The Privatisation of Poetry', by Andy Croft
'Beautiful Feelings of Sensitive People: Screen grabs of British poetry in the 21st century', by Andrew Duncan
'Berlin Shuffle', by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, translated by Philip Boehm
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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