Episode Synopsis "We Need To Talk About Robert: Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature' "

Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage gives a lecture about literature, poetry and Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature. Held on 8th March 2017.

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