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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. 

'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. 

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