Keats's poetry with Andrew Motion
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John Keats in Hampstead. The poet and biographer Sir Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate, strolls around the village of Hampstead with Henry. They discuss the short life and luscious poetry of John Keats, walking on the Heath, visiting Leigh Hunt’s house in the Vale of Health and finishing at Wentworth Place (now Keats House), where they meet its principal curator, Rob Shakespeare.   Penguin Classics editions of Keats:   Selected Poems https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/33867/selected-poems--keats/9780140424478.html https://apple.co/3IE3ZMC   Complete Poems https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/33699/the-complete-poems/9780140422108.html https://apple.co/3H4pUMy   Selected Letters https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/177598/selected-letters/9780141192796.html https://apple.co/3FUzvUx So Bright and Delicate: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne (introduced by Jane Campion) https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/60470/so-bright-and-delicate--love-letters-and-poems-of-john-keats-to-/9780141442471.html https://apple.co/33kffP9   Andrew Motion https://poets.org/poet/andrew-motion   Keats by Andrew Motion https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571346660-keats/   The Invention of Dr Cake by Andrew Motion https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571216321-the-invention-of-dr-cake/ Keats House https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/attractions-museums-entertainment/keats-house See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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