Jo Shapcott

Jo Shapcott was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999.

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Articles by Jo Shapcott

Consider the seahorse – full audio

Andrew Motion reads a new poem about this curious, beguiling species, and giving us his own take on its importance to humanity.

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Seamus Heany: A life in poetry

Seamus Heaney in conversation with Bernard O'Donoghue about his life and the influences that inform his work , with Nick Laird, Andrew O'Hagan, Jon Stallworthy and Jo Shapcott reading selections of Heaney's work.

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