91福利社

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the 91福利社's poetry archive and selects The Poetry of History - TS Eliot and the Blitz presented by Jonathan Bate.

How does history influence poetry?

Jonathan Bate visits the sleepy village of Shamley Green and the roof of London's St Paul's Cathedral to uncover the links between TS Eliot's Four Quartets and the raging fires of the Blitz.

Archive from TS Eliot reading his own poems.

Producer: Martin Smith

First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in April 2006.