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Poet, playwright and novelist, Simon Armitage was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford University in 2015. This series features his public engagements.
Series image credit Paul Wolfgang Webster.
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| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
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| 12 | When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer | Simon Armitage delivers his final lecture as Oxford Professor of Poetry, reflecting on his own influences as a poet. | Simon Armitage | 17 May 2019 | |
| 11 | 'Undisfigured by False or Vicious Ornaments' - Clarity and Obscurity in the Age of Formlessness | The Hilary Term Professor of Poetry lecture, delivered by Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage. | Simon Armitage | 28 Jan 2019 | |
| 10 | Damned if he Does and Damned if he Doesn't? Dilemmas and Decisions in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Simon Armitage lectures on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. | Simon Armitage | 23 Nov 2018 | |
| 9 | Unseasonal Produce: Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres | Simon Armitage delivers the Trinity 2018 poetry lecture entitled "Unseasonal Produce: Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres". | Simon Armitage | 17 May 2018 | |
| 8 | Like, Elizabeth Bishop | Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage delivers a lecture on the american writer and poet Elizabeth Bishop. | Simon Armitage | 20 Mar 2018 | |
| 7 | The Hawks and the Doves – raptors and rapture in the poetry of Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes. | Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage discusses the poems of Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes. | Simon Armitage | 15 Nov 2017 | |
| 6 | 95 Theses: On the Principles and Practice of Poetry | Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage gives his sixth public lecture. Held on 16th May 2017. | Simon Armitage | 19 May 2017 | |
| 5 | We Need To Talk About Robert: Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature' | Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage gives a lecture about literature, poetry and Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature. Held on 8th March 2017. | Simon Armitage | 14 Mar 2017 | |
| 4 | Access All Areas: Poetry and the Underworld | Simon Armitage's fourth public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford. | Simon Armitage | 14 Nov 2016 | |
| 3 | On Lists | Simon Armitage's third public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford. | Simon Armitage | 18 May 2016 | |
| 2 | Mind the Gap: Omission, Negation and 'a final revelation of horrible Nothingness - ' | Simon Armitage's second public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford. | Simon Armitage | 08 Apr 2016 | |
| 1 | The Parable of the Solicitor and the Poet | Simon Armitage, professor of poetry, University of Oxford delivers his inaugural lecture. | Simon Armitage | 08 Apr 2016 |