Poetry

'As a woman, it still feels radical to say you're angry'
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Suffolk
Posted
22 September 2024
Poetry festival boasts 'legends of spoken word'
Posted
20 September 2024
Play by city's ex-poet laureate set to open
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England
Posted
10 September 2024
Exhibition digs deep to uncover mining memories
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Wear
Posted
9 September 2024
New bard to add to 'rich tapestry' of Manx culture
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Isle of Man
Posted
1 September 2024
The Verb. The Adverb at Outspoken. Audio, 57 minutes
A cabaret of the word - the best poetry and performances from Outspoken at Southbank.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
An A-Z of living through tough times. Video, 00:02:38
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BBC
Posted
29 August 2024
Open Country. Battery Rocks. Audio, 24 minutes
Helen Mark discovers a wilderness in the heart of Penzance.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
The Verb. The Adverb at Hay. Audio, 56 minutes
Simon Armitage, Hanan Issa and more stellar poets join Ian McMillan at the Hay Festival.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
'Climate change need not become the legacy we leave' Video, 00:02:59
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BBC
Posted
22 August 2024
Is 'black don't crack' a myth? Video, 00:01:46
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BBC
Posted
22 August 2024
Play about poet's life revived to help fund archive
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Dorset
Posted
21 August 2024
Illuminated. The Ballad of Scout and the Alcohol Tag. Audio, 29 minutes
A poetic meditation on alcohol, psychosis, crime and prison.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
The Verb. The Adverb at Latitude. Audio, 56 minutes
Ian McMillan presents the best poetry and performance recorded at the Latitude Festival.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Poet's home to be turned into attraction
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Cumbria
Posted
14 August 2024
Popular performers back campaign to save venue
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Northamptonshire
Posted
13 August 2024
Open Country. The Sound of the Fens. Audio, 24 minutes
Martha Kearney is on Fen Edge in Cambridgeshire listening to the sound of the countryside.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Rock formation gets its first writer in residence
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North Yorkshire
Posted
31 July 2024
The Verb. 28/07/2024. Audio, 42 minutes
A cabaret of the word, with guests Alistair McGowan, Caroline Bird, and Toria Garbutt.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Drama on 4. Moscow Notebooks. Audio, 57 minutes
Michael Symmons Roberts' drama about the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Competition-winner, 11, opens Latitude with poem
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Suffolk
Posted
26 July 2024
Beyond Belief. Poetry: Reaching for Divine Heights. Audio, 28 minutes
A panel of poets explore how poetry has tried to bridge the gap between ourselves and God.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
The Verb. 21/07/2024. Audio, 42 minutes
Mona Arshi, Tom Chatfield, John McAuliffe and Arji Manuelpillai join Ian McMillan.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Latitude to be opened by young competition poet
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Suffolk
Posted
15 July 2024