Fifty years on from the death of one of the 20th century’s greatest poets, WH Auden, Michael Symmons Roberts sets out to consider three different aspects of his work.

★★★★★ The TIMES

The best thing Radio 4 has done all year.

Whoa. A superbly intelligent Radio 4 programme on WH Auden (full disclosure: my favourite poet). I take back all my whingeing about some of the more dubious podcasts that pop up on the BBC Sounds app. Three Faces of WH Auden is what the BBC is meant to be.