{"id":455,"date":"2013-04-15T09:18:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T09:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=455"},"modified":"2013-04-15T09:18:21","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T09:18:21","slug":"poets-in-the-city-15-april-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=455","title":{"rendered":"Poets in the City, 15 April 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An evening with characters from Greek myth including Ulysses, Achilles, Helen, Hector and Cassandra.<\/p>\n<p>With\u00a0 <strong>Simon Armitage, Bettany Hughes, Simon Mundy<\/strong> and <strong>Caroline Bird<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets: \u00a39.50 online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsplace.co.uk\/whats-on-book-tickets\/spoken-word\/the-trojan-horse-featuring-simon-armitage-simon-mundy-bettany-hugh#.URvCtPKyn0c\" target=\"_blank\">via the Kings Place website<\/a><br \/>\nOr \u00a311.50 via the Kings Place box office on 020 7520 1490<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Hall One at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG from 6.30pm (event begins 7 pm).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An evening with characters from Greek myth including Ulysses, Achilles, Helen, Hector and Cassandra. 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