A Poet’s Guide to Britain | 3: George Mackay Brown

Duration: 29'10''

Synopsis

Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He looks at George Mackay Brown's Hamnavoe and visits his home town of Stromness in the Orkneys.

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