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Short story series in which writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories.

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Irene MacDougall

Linda Cracknell

Claire Simpson

The Poet and the Echo: Crossing the Bar

27/04/2018

Crossing the Bar

BBC Radio 4 - The Poet and the Echo, Crossing the Bar

Linda Cracknell's captivating story inspired by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Linda Cracknell's captivating story inspired by Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem about the journey from life to death.

Writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories. 

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Crossing the Bar

An adventurous woman makes an unexpected journey. 

A captivating story inspired by Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem about the journey from life to death. 
By novelist and short-story writer, Linda Cracknell. 


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Writer ..... Linda Cracknell
Reader ..... Irene Macdougall
Producer ..... Claire Simpson

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