Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 282,275 playable programmes from the BBC

Bookshelf

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

At 23, the poet W B Yeats fell passionately in love with the beautiful
Maude Gonne. She refused to marry him, but their long friendship influenced and inspired his work. Nigel Forde talks to
Maude Gonne 's grand-daughter
Anna MacBride White and his biographer Norman Jeffares about their joint edition of The
Gonne Yeats tetters.
Plus the last years of Evelyn Waugh , and hoarding, lending and hiding: how possessive do you feel about books?
Producer Abigail Appleton. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Maude Gonne.
Talks:
Nigel Forde
Unknown:
Maude Gonne
Unknown:
Anna MacBride White
Unknown:
Norman Jeffares
Unknown:
Gonne Yeats
Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh
Producer:
Abigail Appleton.
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More