Love the Words

Peter Spafford presents his love of all things wordy in his monthly shows Love The Words and Love The Words More

Schedule

Love the Words More at 8:15pm on the Second Tuesday of the month and Love the Words at 7:30pm on the third Tuesday of the month.

Next programme

When: 08 Oct 19 at 8:45pm

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    Love the Words #90

    Yesterday, 7:30pm

    LTW with poets Bethany Gordon and Zoe Carty, plus Jimmy Andrex.

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    Love the Words More #70

    Tue 10th Sep '19, 8:45pm

    LTW(M) A special programme on Nizar Qabbani, renowned contemporary Arab poet.

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    Love the Words More #69

    Tue 13th Aug '19, 7:30pm

    Love The Words VOICES SPECIAL.

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    Love the Words #89

    Tue 16th Jul '19, 7:30pm

    With Jimmy Andrex, Laura Potts and Divan: contemporary Iranian poetry.

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    Love the Words More #68

    Tue 9th Jul '19, 8:45pm

    Love The Words (More) with counsellor and poet Yasmin Shaheen-Zaffar.

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    Love the Words #88

    Tue 18th Jun '19, 7:30pm

    Love The Words, with Jimmy Andrex, John Martin, Pennine Platform (Part 2).

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    Love the Words More #67

    Tue 11th Jun '19, 8:45pm

    Featuring poetry magazine Pennine Platform (Part 1).

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    Love the Words #87

    Tue 21st May '19, 7:30pm

    Love The Words, with Jimmy Andrex and Bradford Uni Peace Studies.

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    Love the Words More #66

    Tue 14th May '19, 8:45pm

    Love the Words (More), with Jamaican poet Malachi Smith

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    Love the Words #86

    Tue 16th Apr '19, 7:30pm

    LTW, with The Glummer Twins and Northern Short Story.

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    Love the Words More #65

    Tue 9th Apr '19, 8:45pm

    Love The Words (More) with Rob Reed and Gurj Kang.

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    Love the Words #85

    Tue 19th Mar '19, 7:30pm

    Jimmy Andrex, Laura Potts and more.

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    Love the Words More #64

    Tue 12th Mar '19, 8:45pm

    Ralf Thenior, poet of Dortmund, returns!

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    Love the Words #84

    Tue 19th Feb '19, 7:30pm

    Jimmy Andrex, Julia Deakin and Helen Burke.

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    Love the Words #83

    Tue 15th Jan '19, 7:30pm

    Playwright Martin Riley on his writing life, ‘Angles of Light: Caribbean poetry’ plus Jimmy Andrex.

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    Love the Words More #62

    Tue 8th Jan '19, 8:45pm

    with Neville Raper talking about a brand new anthology on the subject of mental health, and an interview with artist Carry Franklin, co-creator of Leeds’ Little Free Libraries. 

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    Love the Words #82

    Tue 18th Dec '18, 7:30pm

    LTW with Jimmy Andrex, Marjorie Lacy and Neville Raper.

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    Love the Words More #61

    Tue 11th Dec '18, 8:45pm

    Love The Words (More) by Midnight, words and music from poet Helen Burke and Phil Pattinson.

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A picture tells a thousand words

  • 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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