| U A Fanthorpe (b.1929) spent her earliest years in Kent. She attended St Anne's College Oxford afterwards becoming a teacher and ultimately Head of English at Cheltenham Ladies' College. However, she only began writing when she turned her back on her teaching career to become a receptionist at a psychiatric hospital where her observation of the "strange specialness" of the patients provided the inspiration for her first book, Side Effects. Since this relatively late start, Fanthorpe has been prolific, producing 9 full-length collections, including the Forward Prize-nominated Safe as Houses and the Poetry Book Society Recommendation Consequences. She was awarded a CBE in 2001 and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2003.
1 Earthed 1.53
2 The Constant Tin Soldier
Breaking Day 6.33
Spoils of Peace 8.10
3 Seven Types of Shadow 8.04
4 The Off-Shore Trip 2.37
5 Consequences
Found on the Battlefield 2.23
Lost and Lost 1.54
The Master of the Cast Shadow 1.43
The Young Person's Guide to Arms 2.22
Homily of the Hassocks 1.03
Hats off, gentlemen. A genius! 1.56
The Uses of Architecture 2.05
Master Shakespeare: his maggot 2.58
Ask a silly question 2.13
Hundreds and Thousands 1.16
Fox Unearthed 2.53
The Fortune-teller's Funeral 4.16
At Staunton Harold 1.50
Total length of the recording 56.00
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