On BBC Radio 4’s weekly discussion programme of ideas, Tom Sutcliffe will be joined by the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to discuss his new verse translation of the ancient epic poem Gilgamesh, a timeless adventure story of power, love and loss. While the poet and academic Jade Cuttle celebrates found objects from Mesopotamian tablets to mudlarking. And Professor Trevor Cox from Salford University’s renowned Acoustics Innovation Institute explains the science behind hearing the spoken word.
On BBC Radio 4’s weekly discussion programme of ideas, Tom Sutcliffe will be joined by the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to discuss his new verse translation of the ancient epic poem Gilgamesh, a timeless adventure story of power, love and loss. While the poet and academic Jade Cuttle celebrates found objects from Mesopotamian tablets to mudlarking. And Professor Trevor Cox from Salford University’s renowned Acoustics Innovation Institute explains the science behind hearing the spoken word.
