Lord Phillips of Sudbury with Dr Ronald Blythe
14 March 2014
Desert Island Poems 2014 with Lord Phillips of Sudbury being interviewed by Dr Ronald Blythe was held in the Friends Meeting House, Sudbury.
The poems were read by members of SPS, and Peter Durrent provided piano music to keep things fresh.
Lord Phillips’ choice of poems, and the readers, were:
- Ian Griffiths reading ‘Fern Hill’
- Frank Wood reading ‘Coy Mistress’
- Doreen French reading ‘Commemoration Banquet’ by Lord Phillips
- Richard Whiting reading Charles Sorley
- Florence Cox reading the ‘Epitaph to Edward SHERLAND’
- Joe Hobbs reading ‘The Village Paupers’
- Jenny Chantler reading ‘The World Is Too Much With Us’
- Alison Dart reading ‘Death The Leveller’
- Margaret Stagg reading W H Davies
- Marguerite Wood reading ‘The Old Vicarage, Grantchester’.

Pauline Stainer winding up the evening
Pauline Stainer winding up the evening

Marguerite Wood reading The Old Vicarage, Grantchester.
Marguerite Wood reading The Old Vicarage, Grantchester.

Marguerite Wood reading The Old Vicarage, Grantchester.
Marguerite Wood reading The Old Vicarage, Grantchester.

Margaret Stagg reading W H Davies
Margaret Stagg reading W H Davies

Alison Dart reading “Death The Leveller”
Alison Dart reading “Death The Leveller”

Peter Durrent at the piano
Peter Durrent at the piano

Jenny Chantler reading “The World Is Too Much With Us”
Jenny Chantler reading “The World Is Too Much With Us”

Joe Hobbs reading The Village Paupers
Joe Hobbs reading The Village Paupers

Florence Cox reading the Epitaph to Edward SHERLAND
Florence Cox reading the Epitaph to Edward SHERLAND

Peter Durrent at the piano
Peter Durrent at the piano

Richard Whiting reading Charles Sorley
Richard Whiting reading Charles Sorley

Ronald Blythe in full flow
Ronald Blythe in full flow

Doreen French reading Commemoration Banquet by Andrew Phillips
Doreen French reading Commemoration Banquet by Andrew Phillips

Frank Wood reading to a packed house
Frank Wood reading to a packed house

Frank Wood reading Coy Mistress
Frank Wood reading Coy Mistress

Andrew and Ronnie discussing Fern Hill
Andrew and Ronnie discussing Fern Hill

Andrew Phillips and Ronnie Blythe on Dylan Thomas
Andrew Phillips and Ronnie Blythe on Dylan Thomas

Lord Phillips listening intently
Lord Phillips listening intently

Ian Griffiths reading Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas
Ian Griffiths reading Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas

Ronald Blythe introducing the first poem
Ronald Blythe introducing the first poem

Michael Stagg introduces the guests to a packed house
Michael Stagg introduces the guests to a packed house
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