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Today, 4:00pm Remind me
Four storytellers. One ancient tale. A thousand interpretations. Live theatre performance of this thrilling, darkly comic retelling from Treadlight Theatre. A highlight of WOA26.
Tue 8th Sep '26, 4:00pm
Sean Street reads from and talks about his new poetry pamphlet Candlelight, 'a journey from loss... to understanding and acceptance'. Plus poetry collective That's What She Said.
Tue 25th Aug '26, 4:00pm
Woodhouse Ridge Action Group (WRAG) started in the 1980's. They talk about the green space in North Leeds that they love. Plus writer/zine maker Sam Jenks.
Tue 1st Sep '26, 4:00pm
An Altogether Different Place is a powerfully emotive collection of poetry about caring for a partner with dementia written jointly by Hilary and Rachel.
Tue 4th Aug '26, 4:00pm
Writers Todd Murphy and Tom Priestley join Peter to debut and discuss their collaborative spoken word piece: The Male Loneliness Epidemic.
Tue 18th Aug '26, 4:00pm
The High Wolds Poetry Festival is an annual celebration of rural wordsmiths. Its director talks to LTW. And a journalist on a national paper talks about his profession.
Tue 11th Aug '26, 4:00pm
As part of our international drive, two Czech poets, Ondrej Hrabal and Simon Leitgeb, plus Scots poet Colin McGuire, perform Live in Chapel FM's radio theatre.
Tue 21st Jul '26, 4:00pm
Leeds-born poet, author and creative writing facilitator Michelle Scally Clarke talks about her new project 'Division', plus Jaimes Lewis Moran, Seacroft poet.
Tue 28th Jul '26, 4:00pm
The Skippko Research Team, with Prof.Peter Anderson from Leeds University and Matthew Bellwood, talk about Wish You Were Here, a history project about British tourism in Spain.
Tue 14th Jul '26, 4:00pm
Award winning plays from Script Yorkshire's 2025 radio-drama competition. Teabreak-length tales from three writers, and a brace of the best repeated from 2024.
Tue 7th Jul '26, 4:00pm
Poet Hannah Stone talks to Chris Campbell, queer neurodivergent poet published by Broken Sleep Books, and two-time UK National Poetry Slam finalist.
Tue 16th Jun '26, 4:00pm
Juleus Ghunta is a poet based in Alberta, Canada. He talks about art, childhood trauma, and resistance. Plus a special feature from the Fall Into Place 'Solace' group.
Tue 9th Jun '26, 4:00pm
Stacy Garrop is a Chicago-based composer whose work centres on dramatic storytelling. She talks to LTW about her fabulous new project, Glorious Mahalia, with The Knonos Quartet.
Tue 26th May '26, 4:00pm
Yorkshire author/sheep farmer Stephanie Shields has just been awarded a gold medal for her new novel After Amba set in the summer of 1948. She talks about the book.
Tue 30th Jun '26, 4:00pm
Mick is a poet, songwriter, musician, and freelance arts practitioner from Doncaster. He runs Well Spoken, a monthly poetry evening at Doncaster Brewery.
Tue 23rd Jun '26, 4:00pm
Patrick Lodge is an Irish-Welsh poet who lives in Yorkshire. He has read at festivals across Europe and the UK. His 4th collection, "There You Are", is published by Valley Press.
Tue 2nd Jun '26, 4:00pm
A Bright Room Called Day is a rarely staged play by Tony Kushner. Produced by Leeds Arts Centre, it follows a group of friends in 1930's Berlin navigating the rise of fascism.
Tue 19th May '26, 4:00pm
A series of original sketches created by Fall Into Place Theatre on the theme of More In Common (than divides us). Fall Into Place uses creativity and fun to bring people together.
Tue 12th May '26, 4:00pm
Helped by some old statues, Leonard Cohen and Taking Back Sunday, Christopher R. Moore considers what it really means to let go. A Writing On Air 2026 highlight.
Tue 5th May '26, 4:00pm
Maurice de Sausmarez was the artist and arts education visionary who presided over a golden fine art era in Leeds in the 1950's. Kerry Harker curated the current exhibition.
Tue 28th Apr '26, 4:00pm
Joanna’s interdisciplinary practice includes performance, print, photography, writing and publishing. Richard is a poet and an expert on film adaptations of Bronte novels.
Tue 21st Apr '26, 4:00pm
A story from Isabel Edain. Isabel's favourite weather is mist and her favourite colour is green. She lives in Leeds with 948 books and an ivy plant.
Tue 14th Apr '26, 4:00pm
Two prominent West Yorkshire poets read from and talk about their new work: Julia Deakin, and Tallulah Howarth whose new collection An Alternative Xanadu is just out.
Tue 21st Apr '26, 4:00pm
From Jamaica, of Jamaican and Venezuelan parentage, Shara McCallum is the author of seven books, published in the US & UK. Her latest collection Behold is published by Peepal Tree.
Tue 7th Apr '26, 4:00pm
Typewriter Poet Molly Ovenden and fellow writers Tony Macaluso, Charlotte Carrick and Tallulah Howarth talk about crossing the threshold from solitary creating to public sharing.
Tue 31st Mar '26, 4:00pm
Emily Zobel Marshall is a Leeds-based literary activist, poet and Professor of Postcolonial Literature. She reads from her work and talks about current projects.
Tue 24th Mar '26, 10:30am
Children from All Saints Primary School give us poetry, ideas and songs on the theme of Underground in this Love The Words Year 4 Special!
Tue 24th Mar '26, 4:00pm
Leeds Arts Centre give us a blast of their new production of Orwell's 1984, and Millie Lacey talks about The State of The Arts online platform for arts & info.
Tue 17th Mar '26, 4:00pm
Love, betrayal, and the 1966 World Cup, in this atmospheric audio drama from Jacqueline Everett set in communist Hungary. One of the many highlights of Writing On Air 2026.
Tue 10th Mar '26, 4:00pm
Four poets read from the latest Issue of Pennine Platform (winner of 'Best Cultural Promotion Publication' in the Northern Enterprise Awards 2025) with editor Julia Deakin.