Episode 47
In the Bleak Midwinter
A Reading Life, A Writing Life, with Sally Bayley
December 20, 202317m 21s
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Show Notes
This week, we join Sally in the middle of a winter night. Follow her reflections on festive traditions, via Christina Rossetti, and on seeing the world through illness, with Emily Brontë, and John Milton.
Rossetti’s poem can be read here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53216/in-the-bleak-midwinter
This episode was edited and produced by James Bowen
Special thanks to Andrew Smith, Violet Henderson, Kris Dyer, and Maeve Magnus.