The spy who rhymed me Acclaimed as one of the greatest English Modernist poets, Basil Bunting led a life that was more James Bond than Philip Larkin. Yet hardly anyone has heard of him. On the centenary of his birth, isn't it time he escaped from obscurity?

The Independent - London | March 1, 2000| | Copyright

Basil Bunting had an eventful life. To put it mildly. At various times of his extravagant career, he was a sea captain, a bartender, a builder's labourer, a diplomat (British Vice-Consul at Isfahan), a spy (for MI6), a student of classical Persian, a music critic, a university lecturer in English and a layabout.

He worked as a well-paid foreign correspondent for The Times and other eminent journals, then, forgotten, drudged for years as a night sub-editor for regional newspapers. Jailed as a conscientious objector (Quaker variety) in the First World War, and treated harshly, he went on to ...

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