What makes Wendy Cope one of the nation’s most loved poets? Many things: her unpretentious, accessible style; her sense of humour; her hard-won wisdom; and the fact that, running beneath these ...

His guest is the poet Wendy Cope who introduces music she loves by Bach, Beethoven, Handel and Clarke. To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Earlier with Jools Holland".

Front Row Babylon; Wendy Cope; border crossing theatre; North Korean art North Korea art exhibition Images from the art exhibition at North Korea’s Embassy in London, 4-7 November 2014.