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C Day-Lewis - Honest Dreams

on BBC Radio 4 FM

This month, 100 years since his birth, the poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis is remembered as having been a pillar of the Establishment. But in his youth he was a member of the Communist Party, dreaming - and writing- of revolution. With contributions from fellow poets Stephen Spender and Benjamin Zephaniah. Poems are read by David Holt. Presented by Muriel Gray. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

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Cecil Day-Lewis
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Stephen Spender
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Benjamin Zephaniah.
Read By:
David Holt.
Presented By:
Muriel Gray.

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