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Penny Boxall & Jonathan Edwards

No mood to write

Penny Boxall seeks inspiration at Laurence Sterne’s Shandy Hall, and Jonathan Edwards introduces the poet WH Davies. Penny Boxall seeks inspiration at Laurence Sterne’s Shandy Hall, wondering how to move forward as a writer after the loss of her mother and her previous creative rituals. Jonathan Edwards considers the poet WH Davies, whose extensive body of work forms a bridge between two worlds – the natural beauty of South Wales, and the gritty reality of early 20th century London and its poverty.

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