Love The Words #183
Tue 31st May '22, 4:00pm Remind me
Lesley Sharp from Script Yorkshire introduces four brand new short radio dramas recorded at Chapel FM and edited by Rosie Parsons.
Peter Spafford presents his love of all things wordy in his weekly shows chatting to novelists, poets and play-wrights.
Love the Words is currently broadcast at 4pm every Tuesday.
When: Tomorrow at 4:00pm
Tue 31st May '22, 4:00pm Remind me
Lesley Sharp from Script Yorkshire introduces four brand new short radio dramas recorded at Chapel FM and edited by Rosie Parsons.
Tue 17th May '22, 4:00pm
A chance to hear the late poet Helen Burke with Phil Pattinson: their tribute to the words and music of Jimi Hendrix.
Tue 10th May '22, 4:00pm
Covid 19. Lockdowns. What actually happened? While we were dealing with it, we didn’t have time to process it. So, Chapel FM asked Jimmy Andrex to try.
Tue 3rd May '22, 4:00pm
Older people present highlights from their Writing For Radio course at Chapel FM, plus Venice, a short story by Melissa Wuidart Phillips.
Tue 26th Apr '22, 4:00pm
Two punchy short plays from Script Yorkshire directed by Stefan Escreet, plus two episodes in Bob McBurney's charming Sgt.Grimshaw series.
Tue 19th Apr '22, 4:00pm
Three American experts discuss the literature and unique literary history of Chicago. Expect lively mentions of Nelson Algren, Carl Sandberg and Studs Terkel
Tue 12th Apr '22, 4:00pm
Leyla Josephine (poet, screenwriter, facilitator) talks about her work, plus the final extended episode of In Our Element with poet Linda France.
Tue 5th Apr '22, 4:00pm
Writer David Napthine interrogates Jerusalem: the city, the idea, the metaphor, the song, with poet Lydia Kennaway, researcher Joe Williams, writer/politician Roger Harington.
Tue 29th Mar '22, 4:00pm
Writers in Barney Bardsley's WordPlay workshop read their work themed around Darkness and Light, plus Seacroft poet Jaimes Lewis Moran on his forthcoming collection, Sea Words.
Tue 22nd Mar '22, 4:00pm
Ep 2 of Sgt.Grimshaw by Bob McBurney, Ep 9 of In Our Element, and the first two short plays in a series from Script Yorkshire with more to follow.
Tue 15th Mar '22, 4:00pm
Episode 8 of In Our Element with Linda France; Molly Magrath from The Leeds Library on digital lit; and the very first Sgt. Grimshaw story from Bob McBurney.
Tue 8th Mar '22, 4:00pm
Poet Emma Storr and photographer Bob Hamilton talk about their sumptuous new collaboration, Offcumdens, with Lydia Kennaway; plus Pamela Crowe on 23Press.
Tue 1st Mar '22, 4:00pm
Argentinian writer and poet Liliana Lukin, on a brief visit to Leeds, talks about her writing life, plus Episode 7 of In Our Element with Linda France.
Tue 22nd Feb '22, 4:00pm
James Nash reads from Heart Stones, his new sonnet collection; Ep 6 of In Our Element, and Fiona Gell on Leeds Lit Fest 2022.
Tue 15th Feb '22, 4:00pm
In memory of Prof. James Law, speech and language researcher Jacqueline Gaile talks about the power that speech gives us.
Tue 8th Feb '22, 4:00pm
Translator Anna Aslanyan talks about her new book on the delicate art of translation, Dancing on Ropes; and poet Linda France presents Ep 5 of the powerful In Our Element.
Tue 1st Feb '22, 4:00pm
Episode 4 of In Our Element (a poet's response to climate change) with Linda France, and Leeds playwright/actor Vanessa Rosenthal talks about her new memoir, A Life in Stages.
Tue 25th Jan '22, 4:00pm
Episode 3 of In Our Element with Linda France, a poet's enquiry into climate change; and Professor Jennifer Richards talks about the impact of Sir Thomas Nashe on language.
Everyone always talks about TV but I’ve had so much fun creating poems for radio that now all my mates want to get involved too.
Sarah (age 13)
East Leeds Academy
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