| Hugo Williams (b. 1942) is the son of the actor Hugh Williams and the model and actress Margaret Vyner-Williams. This glamorous yet financially precarious family life provides much of the inspiration for his poetry. Williams' first book of poems, Symptoms of Loss, appeared in 1965 and has been followed by seven further collections that have eschewed literary fashion to build a body of work acclaimed for its wry wit and meticulous control of tone. Billy's Rain, a painful, darkly funny account of a love affair, won the 2000 T S Eliot Prize and he was recently awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Williams has lived in London for many years and is a regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement.
1 The Butcher 0.59
2 Sugar Daddy 1.36
3 Sonny Jim 1.24
4 February the 20th St 0.40
5 Empires 0.32
6 Holidays 0.28
7 Prayer While Sleeping 0.26
8 Tides 0.40
9 Bachelors 1.28
10 Broken Dreams 0.19
11 Stagefright 1.34
12 At Least a Hundred Words 3.05
13 A Walking Gentleman 0.54
14 Waiting To Go On 1.12
15 Tipping My Chair 2.00
16 Tangerines 2.03
17 Walking Out of the Room Backwards 1.42
18 A Life of Crime 0.59
19 Making Friends with Ties 1.02
20 The Spring of Sheep 2.26
21 A Start in Life 2.01
22 Death of an Actor 6.14
23 Now that I hear trains 0.34
24 When I grow up 2.13
25 Desk Duty 1.22
26 Couples in Love 0.50
27 Toilet 1.11
28 Desire 0.34
29 Everyone Knows This 0.59
30 Bath Night 1.26
31 Post-War British 1.38
32 On our marks 0.38
33 A Dam 0.34
34 Last Goodbyes 0.50
35 The Age of Steam 1.44
36 Joy 0.24
37 Lights Out 0.14
38 I'm Your Father, Remember? 0.45
39 Dinner with my Mother 1.26
40 Holiday Poem 1.02
41 Saturday Morning 0.25
42 Prayer 1.16
43 Faith 0.36
44 Poetry 0.15
45 Message Not Left on an Answerphone 1.13
46 In the Blindfold Hours 0.28
47 Keats 1.01
48 Mirth 0.46
49 Everyone Knows This 0.54
50 Last Poem 0.51
51 Nothing On 0.34
52 Rhetorical Questions 0.36
53 The Lisboa 0.34
54 Among the Combs 0.31
55 Rainy Night 0.42
56 Nothing Stinted 0.53
57 Congratulations 0.41
58 Sweet Nothings 0.27
59 Haircut 0.38
60 Mirror History 1.47
61 Bar Italia 1.02
62 Siren Song 0.37
63 Her News 1.27
64 Balcony Scene 0.49
Total length of the recording 72.00
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