'Undisfigured by False or Vicious Ornaments' - Clarity and Obscurity in the Age of Formlessness

Simon Armitage delivers his final lecture as Oxford Professor of Poetry, reflecting on his own influences as a poet.

The Hilary Term Professor of Poetry lecture, delivered by Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage.

Simon Armitage lectures on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Poet Simon Armitage delivers the Michaelmas Term 2018 lecture entitled 'Damned if he Does and Damned if he Doesn't? Dilemmas and Decisions in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

Simon Armitage delivers the Trinity 2018 poetry lecture entitled "Unseasonal Produce: Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres".

Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage delivers a lecture on the american writer and poet Elizabeth Bishop.

Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage discusses the poems of Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes.

Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage gives his sixth public lecture. Held on 16th May 2017.

Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage gives a lecture about literature, poetry and Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize for Literature. Held on 8th March 2017.

Simon Armitage's fourth public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.

Simon Armitage's third public lecture as Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford.