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Poetry Extra: Rites of Passage - Stonehenge

21/10/2018

Rites of Passage - Stonehenge

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Rites of Passage - Stonehenge

Daljit Nagra chooses 'Rites of Passage' in which Ian McMillan joins Druids at Stonehenge.

4 Extra Debut. Poet Daljit Nagra chooses 'Rites of Passage' in which Ian McMillan joins Druids to watch the sunrise at Stonehenge. From August 2004.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive with 'Rites of Passage' as Ian McMillan joins Druids to watch the sunrise at Stonehenge.

Ian is initiated as a Druidic bard, listens to some poems and talks to his fellow celebrants about why words matter. 

Producer: Geoff Bird

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.

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