Introducing… ‘Tiger Work’ by Ben Okri
Barbara Vellacott reads from and discusses a new book of stories, parables and poems about climate change
Personal Integrity in the Poetry of C.P. Cavafy
Andrew Watson pays homage to Greece’s most famous modern poet, whose message of quiet fidelity to our own values still has great resonance today
‘What matters is the spirit in which the journey is undertaken: the desire to observe, to learn, to seek beauty, to take time…’
The Art of Conducting
British conductor James Lowe talks about the nature of music and the influence of the Tao Te Ching on his work
‘Great art and music dissolves barriers, allowing us to touch on something transpersonal, something above ourselves.’
Rabindranath Tagore: Participating in the Divine Playfulness
Hina Khalid explores the theological aesthetics of the great Bengali poet
‘At the heart of Tagore’s cosmology is the notion that the world is joyously sung into being. This creative sonic effusion is continually resounding through the cosmos in ever-new forms.’
George Swede: Haiku Master & Secular Contemplative
Robert Hirschfield talks to the Canadian poet and psychologist
‘The salient feature of haiku is an almost painfully heightened awareness of some feature of the universe’
Conversations with Jane Hirshfield
Jane Clark and Barbara Vellacott talk with the distinguished poet about her latest work and the role of poetry in these difficult times
‘Poems reach into every realm of human life, into every form of investigation, feeling, and expression.’