Poems to bring 'comfort and hope'

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During the coronavirus crisis, the Today Programme has featured some of the BBC's most well-known voices reading poetry which has brought them comfort and hope during their lives. In this episode: Lyse Doucet reads ‘The Cure At Troy’ by Seamus Heaney. Jim Naughtie reads ‘The Darkling Thrush’ by Thomas Hardy. NHS surgeon David Nott reads 'Yr Arwr' (The Hero) by Hedd Wyn. (Image: Lyse Doucet, Jim Naughtie, David Nott. Credit: BBC)

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