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Radio 4 Extra,30 Nov 2025,30 mins

Stories In Verse - Two poems of social protest

Poetry Extra

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To mark 125 years since the death of Oscar Wilde on 30th November 1900, poet Daljit Nagra revisits the 麻豆社's poetry archive and chooses Stories in Verse: Two Poems of Social Protest. The two poems of social protest are: * In the Workhouse Christmas Day by George R Sims * The Ballad Of Reading Gaol a poem by Oscar Wilde Read by Andrew Sachs. Presented and produced by Joy Boatman. First broadcast on the 麻豆社 World Service in 1993.

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