John Clare Society website

to promote a wider and deeper knowledge of the poet, John Clare


‘The Meeting’ project

The film of the panel discussion about ‘The Meeting’ (poem and song versions) – recorded in Cambs in late April – is now live and online. Another strand of the project – an album of Julian’s newly-composed fiddle music and more poetry readings by Toby (audio this time) – will be available later this summer.

Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_JMae81jYU


BBC radio programmes on Clare which you can catch online

All sorts of stuff on John Clare online, as listed below (click on the links):

BBC World Service (1991) ‘Omnibus: John Clare’

Ted Hughes reads John Clare ‘Nightingale’s Nest’, Westminster Abbey (1993)

BBC Radio 4 Programme (2004) ‘Open Country’

BBC Radio 4 Programme (2008) ‘John Clare The Lament of Swordy Well’

BBC Radio 4 Programme (2018) ‘In Our Time: John Clare’

BBC Radio 4 (2015) ‘Great Lives: John Clare’

Happy listening!