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Our Souls So Knit

Daljit Nagra selects Our Souls So Knit with Caroline Bird exploring the story behind Victorian poet Michael Field. From 2021.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the 麻豆社's poetry archive and selects Our Souls So Knit.

Poet Caroline Bird is on a mission to uncover the extraordinary story behind Victorian poet Michael Field, who was actually two women, Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper.

Friends and contemporaries of Robert Browning and Oscar Wilde, the women were aunt and niece, but also lovers.

Producer for 麻豆社 Audio in Bristol: Sally Heaven

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in 2021.

Daljit also reads from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month: Somewhere There Is a Sky For Us by the Queer Muslim Project.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 2 Feb 2026 02:00

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