Poetry

John Cooper Clarke: 'A national treasure? I hate that'
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Culture
Posted
2 days ago
The 1800s poem written to prove rhyming is easy
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Wiltshire
Posted
4 days ago
Latitude children's poetry competition gets bigger
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England
Posted
5 days ago
Poet starts venturing out after years of isolating
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Suffolk
Posted
6 days ago
The poet who is turning rejection into art
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Berkshire
Posted
9 March
Poetry centre and old Ikea get share of £67m culture fund
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Culture
Posted
17 February
Storytelling festival launches in Leeds
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England
Posted
14 February
Out of the Silence. Video, 58 minutes
Ulster-Scots poet Anne McMaster explores women’s writing in Northern Ireland.
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BBC One
Available for 10 months
Thousands heading to city for literature festival
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Wolverhampton
Posted
1 February
Poet grateful mum turned him over to police at 16
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Wales
Posted
31 January
City literature festival build-up gets under way
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Wolverhampton
Posted
25 January
Burns Night 2025. Video, 59 minutes
An incredible line-up of contemporary artists perform with the BBC SSO for Burns Night.
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BBC Scotland
Available for 9 months
Tributes after poet Michael Longley dies aged 85
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Northern Ireland
Posted
23 January
Versatile poet's work ranged from nature to civil strife
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Northern Ireland
Posted
23 January
Human Intelligence. Collectors: Sei Shōnagon. Audio, 15 minutes
The author of a Japanese masterpiece who saw the beauty and absurdity in everyday life.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Young poets sought to represent county
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Hereford & Worcester
Posted
19 January
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Dr John Cooper Clarke. Audio, 60 minutes
The Bard of Salford joins Nihal for an in-depth conversation.
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BBC Radio 5 Live
Available for over a year
Artworks. Beyond Burns. Audio, 28 minutes
Alistair Heather explores the richness of modern Scots language poetry.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Plans to turn poet's home into museum approved
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Cumbria
Posted
3 January
Deadline looms in city's hunt for new poet laureate
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Peterborough
Posted
30 December 2024
Burns Night assembly for primary schools
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BBC Teach
Posted
30 December 2024
Poetry trail to 'celebrate area and its people'
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Lincolnshire
Posted
19 December 2024
Kent poet wins second place in European contest
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Kent
Posted
18 December 2024
Black arts literary icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81
Posted
10 December 2024