The Keats-Shelley Podcast
1) Ep. 31 Is this how John Keats would have sounded reading Bright Star?
Is this how John Keats would have sounded reading his great sonnet Bright Star? Dr Ranjan Sen has a better idea than most. A scholar specialising in phonology and phonetics at the University of Sheffi...Show More
2) Ep 30. Why should we read Shelley, Keats or the Romantics in 2023? Fiona Sampson Part 2
In the second part of our conversation with Fiona Sampson, who chaired 2022's Keats-Shelley and Young Romantics Prizes, we discuss the joys and the challenges of reading Shelley, Keats and the Romanti...Show More
3) Ep. 28 Winner of 2022’s Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize: ‘December Moth outside a care-home window’
The winner of 2022's Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize is 'December Moth outside a care-home window' by Susan Holland. Fiona Sampson writes: ‘This poem is full of linguistic relish and brilliant imagery, wi...Show More
4) Ep 27. Fiona Sampson talks PB Shelley, biography and Hymn to Intellectual Beauty (Part 1)
Our guest on this episode of the Keats-Shelley Podcast is the poet, biographer and critic Fiona Sampson - who is also Chair of 2022's Keats-Shelley and Young Romantics Prizes. Read 2022's Keats-Shell...Show More
5) Ep 26. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Hymn to Intellectual Beauty read by Fiona Sampson
To mark the bicentenary of Percy Bysshe Shelley's death on 8th July 1822, Fiona Sampson reads her favourite Shelley poem: Hymn to Intellectual Beauty. Read Hymn to Intellectual Beauty here. Fiona is ...Show More
Ep 26. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Hymn to Intellectual Beauty read by Fiona Sampson
05:46 | Jul 7th, 2022
6) Ep. 25. Erica Jong talks about her life, career and why she loves John Keats
At the end of 2020, the Keats-Shelley Podcast spoke to Erica Jong, the bestselling novelist, feminist icon and poet. In fact Erica was a poet before she was a novelist, publishing two poetry volumes m...Show More
Ep. 25. Erica Jong talks about her life, career and why she loves John Keats
44:46 | Mar 1st, 2022
7) Ep. 24. Adonais by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Jagger 1969 remix)
2022's Keats-Shelley and Young Romantics Prizes are open. Our poetry theme this year is Elegy - to mark the bicentenary of Percy Bysshe Shelley's death in 1822, and also the composition of Adonais, hi...Show More
8) Ep. 23 Winner of 2021’s Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize: in the kelp forest by Katrina Naomi (read by Deryn Rees-Jones)
The winning poem of 2021's Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize is 'in the kelp forest' by Katrina Naomi, read here by our Poetry Judge Deryn Rees-Jones. Click here for more about Katrina and 2021's Keats-Shel...Show More
9) Ep. 22 Winner of 2021’s Young Romantics Poetry Prize: ‘A Craftsman‘s Tale‘ by Eustacia Feng (read by Will Kemp)
The winning poem of 2021's Young Romantics Poetry Prize is 'A Craftsman's Tale' by Eustacia Feng, read here by our Poetry Judge Will Kemp. Click here for more about Eustacia and 2021's Young Romantic...Show More
10) Ep. 21 How do you solve a problem like Maria Cotterell? The story of John Keats, the Maria Crowther and his Final Voyage
On 15th July 1821, 19-year-old Maria Cotterell died in Naples of consumption. Her name may well have been forgotten if she hadn't sailed to Italy on the Maria Crowther, alongside 24-year-old John Keat...Show More