Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss the life and work of Worcestershire lad and old-type natural fouled-up guy, A.E. Housman, through a lens of the pieces written about him in the LRB archive.

You can find a reading list of pieces mentioned in this episode here: https://lrb.me/aehousmanpod

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