Episode Synopsis "Xu Zhimou's willow tree: where 'Goodbye to Cambridge' was composed"

Alan Macfarlane reflects on the famous Chinese poet who was attached to King's College Cambridge between 1920-2 and wrote his most famous poem, 'On saying goodbye to Cambridge - again' near the spot where this was filmed. Filmed by Xu Bei in 2012

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