Poetry
- Attribution
- Posted2 June 2022
- Attribution
- Posted31 May 2022
A Laureate for Elizabeth. Audio, 28 minutes
William Sieghart celebrates the seven laureate poets of Elizabeth's reign.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted28 May 2022
The Essay. Poetic Provocations, Sunflowers. Audio, 14 minutes
A very personal exploration of poetic starting points from writer Inua Ellams.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Unavailable
The Essay. Poetic Provocations, Dante. Audio, 14 minutes
Inua Ellams explores why basketball is so alive in black and working-class communities.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Poetic Provocations, Kipling. Audio, 14 minutes
Inua explores race and racism through Kipling's poem The White Man's Burden.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Poetic Provocations, Tupac. Audio, 14 minutes
Inua Ellams explores the impact of rapper 2Pac on his political and racial awareness.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted6 May 2022
How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John. S3 Lemn Sissay: ‘I only knew the importance of family by not having it’ Audio, 86 minutes
Poet Lemn Sissay discusses growing up in the care system and finding his identity.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Gil Scott-Heron. Audio, 28 minutes
Joe Swift on Gil Scott-Heron
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted2 May 2022
Between the Ears. The Racing Mind. Audio, 30 minutes
A meditation on ultrarunning through interviews, poetry, location recordings and music.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
This Cultural Life. Inua Ellams. Audio, 42 minutes
Nigerian-born poet and playwright Inua Ellams on the cultural turning points of his life.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. Rainer Maria Rilke. Audio, 45 minutes
Anne McElvoy looks at the life and legacy of the intriguing poet
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. New Generation Thinkers 2021, Walking with the Ghosts of the Durham Coalfield. Audio, 14 minutes
Jake Morris-Campbell carries the ashes of poet Bill Martin from Sunderland to Durham.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Words for War, Vasyl Makhno-My Personal History of War. Audio, 14 minutes
Vasyl Makhno was born in 1964 and has written about war since the Afghan/Soviet conflict.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted21 April 2022
The Essay. Words for War, Oksana Lutsyshyna - I Dream of Explosions. Audio, 14 minutes
Oksana Lutsyshyna is an award-winning writer, translator and poet.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Words for War, Lyuba Yakimchuk-Ruination of Cities & Words. Audio, 14 minutes
Lyuba Yakimchuk was born in eastern Ukraine near Luhansk and has now fled Kyiv for Vienna.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Words for War, Oksana Maksymchuk-Hear Their Words. Audio, 14 minutes
War came to Ukraine in 2014. Its poets have been responding to it ever since.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted10 April 2022
