A Rime For Our Time

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Big Read presents a star studded full 41 minute read of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s ‘Rime Of The Ancient Mariner’, featuring narration by the likes of Jeremy Irons, Tilda Swinton, Hilary Mantel, and Iggy Pop paired with artworks from Marina Abramovic, William Kentridge, Cornelia Parker, and Yinka Shonibare.

18th century literature? Relatable, you say?

…the first great work of English literature to speak to isolation and loneliness – and the possibility of redemption if we mend our ways.

Now for yiz.

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4 thoughts on “A Rime For Our Time

    1. Slightly Bemused

      Is this because no-one took the time to speak to you?

      Just kidding. I actually agree with you, and I think it comes across as pretentious too.

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