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Poems for the Winter Solstice

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BBC Radio 4 - Poems for the Winter Solstice

Celebrating the winter solstice with midwinter poems for the year's turning point.

A collection of seasonal poems for the winter solstice to mark the turn of the season. Poets Caroline Bird and Vanessa Kissule join actors Simon Russell Beale, Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser and Siobhan Redmond to share readings of much loved and memorable verse. There is rain, snow, darkness and warmth to mark the shortest day of the year.

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