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Lockdown: Granddaugter - Lachlan Mackinnon
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Liz Berry
B. 1980
Liz Berry was born and brought up in the Black Country, and now lives in Birmingham. She received an Eric Gregory Award in 2009, and an Arvon-Jerwood mentorship in 2011, and in 2012 she won the Poetry London competition. Her…
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Living Space / One Breath - Imtiaz Dharker
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Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf - Roald Dahl
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Listening to Handel with a cat - Elizabeth Smither
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Sit back and listen to our Listener’s Top Picks from 2024 and enjoy the poetry that resonated with you all this year.
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Sit back and listen to our Listener’s Top Picks from 2023 and enjoy the poetry that resonated with you all this year. Most of our Listener’s favourite poems came from The BBC 100 Collection, to learn more about the collection,…
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Linton Kwesi Johnson
B. 1952
Linton Kwesi Johnson was born on 24 August, 1952 in Chapelton, a small town in the rural parish of Clarendon, Jamaica. He came to London in 1963, attended Tulse Hill secondary school, and later studied Sociology at Goldsmiths’ College, University…