Theatres, museums, clubs, cinemas, the whole cultural sphere is under lockdown in many places all over Europe and beyond. Yet culture still has a key role in many people’s lives, watching movies, making music or fine art, reading novels, playing complex games – and reading poetry. Poetry, so it seemed in more than one of this podcast’s past conversations, has even gained attention in the pandemic, as a number of people have turned to poems to find focus, solace, entertainment and inspiration, to name but a few ways to appreciate poetry.
So it is high time that we have a poet as a guest in this podcast – and we are honoured and delighted that Wendy Cope has agreed to join in for today’s episode.
