Love The Words #221
Tue 30th May '23, 4:00pm
Acerbic and funny poetic monologue about the body, through motherhood, menopause and paralysis, by Pamela Crowe.
Programmes
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Love The Words #220
Tue 23rd May '23, 4:00pm
Seacroft writer Geraldine Beattie talks about how books can make a home, whoever you are and wherever you live.
Love The Words #219
Tue 16th May '23, 4:00pm
Young writers from Leeds East Academy make their debut on LTW reading their own work, plus Irene Lofthouse remembering her characterful Irish Mum.
Love The Words #218
Tue 9th May '23, 4:00pm
Four poets from Issue 93 of Pennine Platform with editor Julia Deakin discuss their contributions to this long-lived & well-loved poetry title.
Love The Words #217
Tue 2nd May '23, 4:00pm
Volunteers on the brand new community newspaper East Side Story tell their story! Plus Zoe Freedman on directing Leeds Arts Centre's new production, Chicken Soup.
Love The Words #216
Tue 25th Apr '23, 4:00pm
What is Community Psychology? Plus young people interview Lord of The Flies actor Jason Battersby and anarchic storytelling from Martin Riley.
Love The Words #215
Tue 18th Apr '23, 4:00pm
Poets Ian Harker, William Thirsk-Gaskill and Joe Williams, with Irene Lofthouse, take us on a whirlwind poetry tour of Leeds. Hilarious, irreverent and surreal.
Love The Words #214
Tue 11th Apr '23, 4:00pm
John Baron, of the W. Leeds Dispatch, talks about the power of good local journalism in the age of Twitter. Plus Barber B and Seki Lynch on their co-written play.
Love The Words #213
Tue 4th Apr '23, 4:00pm
Another chance to hear 150 Words As I Wait For A Tree To Grow Back by Pamela Crowe, plus spooky drama There Was A Man by Neil Rathmell
Love The Words #212
Tue 28th Mar '23, 4:00pm
Garry Lyons, writer of the play Blow Down, talks to a live audience about writing oral history drama, with playwright Mary Cooper and oral historian Tony Macaluso.
Love The Words #211
Tue 21st Mar '23, 4:00pm
Rach Horner, a Leeds playwright writing about myth, feminism and queerness, introduces their radio drama Gentle Things, produced by Rocket Box Theatre Company.
Love The Words #210
Tue 14th Mar '23, 4:00pm
Charlotte Eichler talks about her new poetry collection, Swimming Between Islands, published by Carcanet. And Sharena Lee Satti on a new initiative for young writers in W.Yorkshire
Love The Words #209
Tue 7th Mar '23, 4:00pm
Writer David Price, Deputy Headteacher Elizabeth Powell, and Theatre Makers Fran Cairns and Naomi Roxby Wardle discuss culture change in Education.
Love The Words #208
Tue 28th Feb '23, 4:00pm
WordPlay, a group of Leeds-based writers working with Barney Bardsley, bring us a lyrical evocation of the sea in prose and poetry, with original music by Chris Benstead.
Love The Words #207
Tue 21st Feb '23, 4:00pm
Tower of Song celebrates its 10th birthday with a retrospective from Nicky and Carl. T of S is Leeds' regular night for songwriters.
Love The Words #205
Tue 14th Feb '23, 4:00pm
Enya Lucas directs Leeds Arts Centre's new production, Scarborough, by Fiona Evans. She talks to LTW. Plus writer Bethany Rivers on ways that creative writing can work with grief.
Love The Words #206
Tue 14th Feb '23, 9:00pm
A Special LTW: Adam Farrer talks about Cold Fish Soup, his award-winning memoir set in Withernsea which, with Leeds Lit Fest, we're reading all night at The Readathon, 25th Feb.
Love The Words #204
Tue 7th Feb '23, 4:00pm
Chijioke Ojukwu talks about a ground-breaking community initiative in Harehills, Leeds, plus our resident storyteller Vickie Orton Live and in action.
Love The Words #203
Tue 24th Jan '23, 4:00pm
Matt Black, poet, on his work in progress examining the tensions among siblings as they care collectively for an elderly parent.
Love The Words #202
Tue 17th Jan '23, 4:00pm
A Walk In The Park (Pt 2), a sonic stroll through Roundhay Park with A Quiet Word, funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund, to mark 150 years of the Park.
Love The Words #201
Tue 10th Jan '23, 4:00pm
A Walk In The Park (Pt 1), a sonic stroll through Roundhay Park, Leeds, with A Quiet Word, celebrating Roundhay 150, supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Love The Words #200
Tue 13th Dec '22, 4:00pm
Episode 200 of LTW, with 2 contrasting pieces: Radio Panto from ELDA (East Leeds Dramatic Arts) and The Future, It's a Fix by Caroline Noh.
Love The Words #199
Tue 6th Dec '22, 4:00pm
Storyteller Vickie Orton makes a welcome return to ELFM to tell us some winter stories.
Love The Words #198
Tue 22nd Nov '22, 4:00pm
Simon Treen, of the podcast Working Hours, talks about what it is and why he does it. Jo Brandon, poet, on her new music project.
Love The Words #197
Tue 15th Nov '22, 4:00pm
Blind teenager becomes a poet after being mentored in jail by a famous murderer. Incredible but true tale made into a best-selling graphic novel. This is the story.
Love The Words #196
Tue 8th Nov '22, 4:00pm
Rachael Unsworth is an urban geographer and founder of the fantastic Leeds City Walking Tours. Here she talks about her passion for history and Leeds.
Love The Words #195
Tue 25th Oct '22, 4:00pm
Sally Jenkinson, poet, reads from her brand new collection Pantomime Horse, Russian Doll, Egg, about the experience of giving birth.
Love The Words #194
Tue 18th Oct '22, 4:00pm
Marg Greenwood talks about her delightful travelogue Return to Muck and poet Susan Darlington reads from her chapbook Never Wear White.
Love The Words #193
Tue 11th Oct '22, 4:00pm
Dalton Harrison reads from his new poetry collection The Boy Behind The Wall. Plus Jaimes Lewis Moran on his new book, Sea Words.
Love The Words #192
Tue 4th Oct '22, 4:00pm
Caitlin McKenna, Elijah East, and Poppy Jennings - talk about the burgeoning new poetry scene in Leeds, fronted by Leeds Poetry Festival and other recently established events