Reader
Grey Gowrie
1939-2021
Grey Gowrie, Lord Gowrie, was born in Dublin, and continued to live partly in Ireland until the mid-1980s. He is the Founder of the British Friends of the National Gallery of Ireland. A published poet, he was an assistant to Robert Lowell in his youth. He also lectured in English and American literature at Harvard University and UCL.
Lord Gowrie is a former Minister for the Arts GB, and a former Chair of Arts Council England.
Readings
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W.B. Yeats: 'A Song' read by Grey Gowrie
W.B. Yeats: 'The Song of Wandering Aengus' read by Grey Gowrie
W.B. Yeats: 'The Folly of Being Comforted' read by Grey Gowrie
W.B. Yeats: 'A Prayer For Old Age' read by Grey Gowrie
W.B. Yeats: 'The Host of The Air' read by Grey Gowrie
W.B. Yeats: 'Under Ben Bulben' read by Grey Gowrie
W.B. Yeats: 'When You are Old' read by Grey Gowrie
W.B. Yeats: 'Why Should not Old Men be Mad' read by Grey Gowrie
W.B. Yeats: 'Friends' read by Grey Gowrie
W.B. Yeats: 'Easter, 1916' read by Grey Gowrie
W.B. Yeats: 'The Municipal Gallery Revisited' read by Grey Gowrie