2 war poets David Jones and Edmund London and then a comedy series about 4 generations of women living under one roof Maggie would really prefer it if the house guests would put things back in the correct drawer and stop leaving tea bags in the sink not guilty. Lesley Manville and Matthew stand in all those women in half an hour. Now he is down to introduce his choice this week from the b.b.c. Poetry Archive in poetry extra 2 important but little known war poets few today Edmund Blunden and David Jones 1st we ll hear from David Jones who wrote some of the best work about the Great War ts Eliot his editor of Faber describes him as a genius w.h. Auden Kohli s and of the matter as probably the best long poem of the 20th century today s program is a major find for us poetry extra there are not many recordings of Jones So we re really excited to track down today s recording the poet is reading from his own great work and we ll hear a fragment of the fatigue which I love for its feel of poe
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Will research on gun safety under reported deal the spending bill side for a House vote as soon as tomorrow would provide 25000000 for gun violence research divided evenly between the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Here s N.P.R. s Martin cost the federal spending on gun violence research has been limited by Republican an n.r.a. Opposition to anything that looks like advocacy for gun control especially by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jeffrey Swanson is a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for gun policy and research I don t think it sends a message it s the 1st time in 25 years that the c.d.c. Has been able to devote this amount of money specifically to gun violence without having to you know hide it under the radar the c.d.c. Already collects data on firearm deaths and other agencies do gun violence studies but Swanson says this money could expand research into new topics such as the effectiveness of red fla