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Home From Home Spaces in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Sun 3rd Dec '23, 11:00am

Stories and reflections from two projects in northern Italy that seek to bring human connections that might be missing from larger society.

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POETRY AND POISONS, Part 4

Sun 3rd Dec '23, 10:45am

Are poetry and poisons related? Four programmes on past herbal remedies with a poet GP and a Professor of Prescribing Practice.

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MISSING MUSIC

Sun 3rd Dec '23, 11:00am

Silent films selected by The Chapel FM Live Events Group. Audience are invited to provide the music with on-site instruments. Or bring your own!

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GOREJA

Sun 3rd Dec '23, 1:00pm

I am a woman. I am an immigrant. I am a cricketer. My life is too complicated to be confined in the neat lines of a pretty poem’. Home, passion, freedom. By Zainab Goreja.

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MISSING LINKS

Sun 3rd Dec '23, 1:30pm

A conversation with Chapel FM regular Phil Harvey about a life long-lived as farmer’s boy, oilman, china man, and woodsman.

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RAAVI, RIVER OF TWO PUNJABS

Sun 3rd Dec '23, 2:00pm

A Punjabi song about missing the river Raavi and the old province of five rivers. Audio poem by Jaspreet Mander.

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THE GREAT WALL OF LEEDS

Sun 3rd Dec '23, 2:30pm

Could it ever happen? Chapel FM young writers from 2017 on the theme of walls, physical, psychological, and emotional.

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BLACK DAISIES FOR THE BRIDE

Sun 3rd Dec '23, 3:00pm

A film by legendary Leeds poet Tony Harrison about dementia and memory, introduced by East Leeds MP Richard Burgon.

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THE SILENCE OF ALONENESS

Sun 3rd Dec '23, 4:30pm

Clare Wigzell and Hannah Stone present the fruits of their workshop inviting writers to adopt silence as a prompt for writing poetry.

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IN CONCERT: THROUGH OUR EYES

Sun 3rd Dec '23, 6:00pm

A resident Chapel FM ensemble that ensures musicians with disabilities have a place to make adventurous music. Featuring the premiere of several new compositions.

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THE DELI, LIVE!

Sun 3rd Dec '23, 7:30pm

The Deli team round off Writing On Air 2023 with their first-ever show in the radio theatre. Expect original poetry, music, and zany humour.

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CLEAR OUT YOUR CLOSET

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 7:00pm

A vibetastic night of spoken word, interviews, performance and open mic presented by the amazing CYOC collective with Michelle Scalley Clarke

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POETRY AND POISONS, Part 3

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 10:00am

Are poetry and poisons related? Four programmes on past herbal remedies with a poet GP and a Professor of Prescribing Practice.

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WRITE ACROSS THE LINES

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 10:30am

A gathering of poets/guests from Leeds’ sister cities Brno and Lille, with writers/ guests from Kharkiv (Ukraine), in solidarity with that city’s pursuit of peace and freedom.

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INTERVIEWS THROUGH HISTORY, NOW!

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 11:30am

DJ Brandy has somehow wangled interviews with Socrates, Nefertiti, DaVinci, and Houdini. Let’s hear what each have to teach us.

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FORGET ME NOT

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 12:00pm

A runaway, infant mortality, a fissure in a new relationship. It’s the absence that causes the ache. Three mini audio dramas from John I. Clarke.

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BICYCLE THIEF

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 12:30pm

Young boy goes for a ride on his bicycle, meets a girl, loses his bicycle. Dramatised short story by Neil Rathmell.

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THE SLEEPING

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 1:00pm

Experimental soundscapes from extraordinary East Leeds composer, singer, producer Alex Rushfirth.

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ONE OF OUR ACTORS IS MISSING

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 1:30pm

Stumbling mess of a radio play that desperately tries to make itself happen despite the principal actor being absent. From poet/musician Jimmy Andrex.

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THE LOST AND THE LIVING

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 2:30pm

Waymaker-General Harriet and her apprentice Vicky battle bad weather to bring a mysterious vessel in from the storm. Atmospheric audio drama by S.J.Bradley

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GREY OWLS AND PICKLEBALL

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 3:30pm

Two of Chapel FM’s resident music ensembles, one featuring inventive teenagers, the other made up of adults, present their original compositions.

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MISSED STITCHES

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 4:00pm

LS14’s famous Hookers knitting group reflect on socks, cardies, and the meaning of life in Boggart Hill, Leeds, LS14.

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Write Across the Lines: Poets From Brno, Czech Republic

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 8:00am

Poets from Brno, Czech Republic (one of Leeds' Twinned Cities) inlcuding a conversation with Ondřej Hrabal and work by Jan Těsnohlídek and Apolena Vybíralová.

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RED KITE LIVE!

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 5:00pm

Chapel FM’s youth radio broadcasters explore what the world misses when trying to understand the lives of teenagers. Prepare to be surprised.

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THE DELI

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 6:00pm

New writing, music, witty banter from Chapel FM’s longest-running radio show and team of volunteer broadcasters, est. 2012.

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OULIPO: A guide to potential literature and what it brings that is missing

Sat 2nd Dec '23, 8:30am

The second American member of legendary literary group the OULIPO, Daniel Levin Becker, introduces this fascinating cohort of writers that includes Italo Calvino & Georges Perec.

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WORDS LEFT UNSAID

Fri 1st Dec '23, 4:00pm

Leeds-based literary affinity group, Bone Down, host an intimate session of secret sharing. Part poetry showcase, part discussion, hosted by Caitlin McKenna

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WHAT IS PRISON RADIO?

Fri 1st Dec '23, 5:00pm

Sam Taylor and Verity Britton from Prison Radio talk about their fascinating work, broadcasting across UK prisons.

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EY UP! THE MISSING NORTHERN VOICE

Fri 1st Dec '23, 6:00pm

Discussion between publisher Rebecca Kenny and four Northern writers on publishing in the North.

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HIBISCUS RISING: THE LEGACY OF DAVID OLUWALE

Fri 1st Dec '23, 7:00pm

An evening of discussion, performance and art reflecting on the life and tragic death of David Oluwale.