Writing On Air 2022: TOWER OF SONG
Sun 27th Nov '22, 8:00pm
Regulars of popular songwriters' night Tower Of Song return in glory to close Writing On Air 2022. A fabulous night.
Programmes
Have a look through our past programmes to listen or watch again. You can even filter the results to find the kind of programmes you're particularly interested in.
Writing On Air 2022: HOME OF STORIES – Shandy Hall & Laurence Sterne
Sun 27th Nov '22, 7:15pm
How did Yorkshire writer Laurence Sterne use his home, Shandy Hall, as inspiration for his experimental novel Tristram Shandy? Tony Macaluso talks with curator Patrick Wildgust.
Writing On Air 2022: YAFFLE
Sun 27th Nov '22, 6:15pm
New and established writers published by the fabulous and local Yaffle Press read work fresh from the oven.
Writing On Air 2022: THE POETRY SUPERTRAM
Sun 27th Nov '22, 5:15pm
Ian Harker, William Thirsk-Gaskill and Joe Williams take us on a whirlwind poetry tour of Leeds.
THE KITCHEN DISPENSARY (Part 6)
Sun 27th Nov '22, 5:00pm
Plague, pain and palsy: herbal remedies from past and present.
Writing On Air 2022: SUNDAY WORDSHIP
Sun 27th Nov '22, 4:00pm
Writers from the vibrant Sunday Wordship workshop with Gill Lambert and Mark Connors read work generated from earlier in the day.
Writing On Air 2022: GRANDMA’S KITCHEN
Sun 27th Nov '22, 2:30pm
Past and present mingle into one single mealtime. Lyrical poem by Jaspreet Mander.
Writing On Air 2022: THERE WAS A MAN
Sun 27th Nov '22, 2:00pm
A man makes his home in a graveyard. Dramatised reading of this powerful medieval story by Neil Rathmell.
Writing On Air 2022: THE VOICE NOTE TRIBE
Sun 27th Nov '22, 1:15pm
Four women, three friendships and one life-changing diagnosis. Funny, powerful drama by Jacky Burton.
Writing On Air 2022: A PLACE TO CALL HOME
Sun 27th Nov '22, 12:15pm
Young care leavers and disabled people discuss the challenges of finding a place to call home, with Vickie Orton.
THE KITCHEN DISPENSARY (Part 5)
Sun 27th Nov '22, 9:45am
Plague, pain and palsy: herbal remedies from past and present with Dr. Emma Storr and Prof. Barry Strickland-Hodge.
Writing On Air 2022: RECTAL PROLAPSE
Sat 26th Nov '22, 10:00pm
Comedy monologue about the body: through motherhood, menopause and paralysis, by Pamela Crowe
Writing On Air: ARTS AT THE ARMS
Sat 26th Nov '22, 8:00pm
Theatre, poetry, music: Arts at the Arms, returning in triumph to Chapel FM, hosts an evening of original performance by local creatives
Writing On Air 2022: IN CONCERT: FOLI DELALA
Sat 26th Nov '22, 6:45pm
Musicians from Mexico, Zimbabwe and the UK with words and music celebrating sense of place.
Writing On Air 2022: HOME FOR US IS
Sat 26th Nov '22, 5:45pm
Window into the rich and varied lives of Leeds’ older community, presented by members of The Performance Ensemble
Writing On Air 2022: YOU CAN TAKE THE GIRL OUT OF IRELAND
Sat 26th Nov '22, 4:45pm
Shotgun and blood-spattered pinny: Irene Lofthouse remembers her Mam, Bradford housewife
Writing OnAir 2022: SINGIN’ JERUSALEM
Sat 26th Nov '22, 3:30pm
Jerusalem, as in City and the Blake poem, mapped in words and music by playwright David Napthine and friends
Writing On Air 2022: THE NEW ENGLAND TRILOGY
Sat 26th Nov '22, 3:00pm
Three adventures under canvas in autumnal New England in the 80’s, by rag artist Phil The Willow.
Writing On Air 2022: CROSSROADS
Sat 26th Nov '22, 2:45pm
Return to the scariest of places to spend a lifetime? Crazy! Short fiction from Dortmund writer Conny Franken.
Writing On Air 2022: HOME AND BELONGING
Sat 26th Nov '22, 1:30pm
Otley poets explore what home means through their own poetry and that of favourite writers.
Writing On Air 2022: UNTIL WE CAN’T SEE THE SKY
Sat 26th Nov '22, 12:30pm
Atmospheric drama by Grace Joy Howarth exploring sisterhood, memory loss, and gentrification.
150 WORDS AS I WAIT FOR A TREE TO GROW BACK (Part 4)
Sat 26th Nov '22, 12:00pm
Pamela Crowe's seductive poem-comedy about a neighbourly dispute over a tree.
Writing On Air 2022: COMING HOME
Fri 25th Nov '22, 2:00pm
Madeleine Wuidart explores in words and sound what it means to have a diagnosis of autism at the age of 69.
Writing On Air 2022: LIFTING THE LAMP
Fri 25th Nov '22, 2:30pm
Roots to grow and wings to fly. Writers John Irving Clarke and Viv Longley mull over the implications with Jimmy Andrex.
Writing On Air 2022: COSY SPACES
Fri 25th Nov '22, 3:30pm
Poetry evoking the warmth of home by Jaimes Lewis Moran, performed by Jaimes with Caroline Noh.
Writing On Air 2022: NO PLACE
Fri 25th Nov '22, 3:45pm
Is home all it’s cracked up to be? And this isn’t Oz? Jimmy Andrex has Questions.
Writing On Air 2022: IRA MATHUR
Fri 25th Nov '22, 4:30pm
Indian-born writer and journalist living in Trinidad, on her recent novel Love The Dark Days (Peepal Tree Press
Writing On Air: HOME ON STAGE WORKSHOP
Fri 25th Nov '22, 5:30pm
Learn how to feel more comfortable on stage, with poet/performer Caitlin McKenna: microphones, hosting, audience engagement
Writing On Air: HOME ON STAGE OPEN MIC
Fri 25th Nov '22, 7:00pm
A chance to put skills learned in the Home on Stage workshop into action for an in-house and radio audience
150 WORDS AS I WAIT FOR A TREE TO GROW BACK (Part 3)
Fri 25th Nov '22, 10:15pm
Pamela Crowe's seductive poem-comedy about a neighbourly dispute over a tree.