Heaney on Hughes
12:06 UK time, Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Seamus Heaney reminisces about the former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes who "meant everything" to him.
12:06 UK time, Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Seamus Heaney reminisces about the former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes who "meant everything" to him.
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