Love The Words 306: Lost Leeds Cornershops
Tue 1st Jul '25, 4:00pm
Created with the British Library, a radio documentary of oral history stories about growing up working in cornershops in Leeds, with music from Tower of Song.
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Love The Words 305: Rob Cowen
Tue 24th Jun '25, 4:00pm
Rob Cowen talks about his critically acclaimed new book, The North Road: Walking London to Edinburgh through Nation, Time & Place', written over 10 years following Common Ground.
Love The Words 304: Carol Atherton/Leeds Lit Fest
Tue 17th Jun '25, 4:00pm
Carol Atherton, author of Reading Lessons, Chapel FM's Readathon 2025 book, talks about the power of literature to change lives. Plus Leeds Lit Fest preview with Fiona Gell.
Love The Words 303: Catherine Warr/Diliana Stojanova
Tue 10th Jun '25, 4:00pm
Yorkshire historian Catherine Warr has written a musical! She talks about it. And Diliana is a Czech poet visiting Leeds. What's the poetry scene like in the Czech Republic?
Love The Words 302: Natalie Anastasia Davies
Tue 3rd Jun '25, 4:00pm
Natalie A. Davies talks about being Writer in Residence for Brimham Rocks, plus her moving poem about the experience. Plus Madeleine Wuidart on her late autism diagnosis.
Love The Words 301: Writing For Pleasure
Tue 27th May '25, 4:00pm
Carolyn, Judy & Carol from the University of the Third Age Writing For Pleasure Group read their work and talk about why writing, & listening to others read, makes them happy.
Love The Words 300: A collage of LTW highlights
Tue 20th May '25, 4:00pm
LTW is 300 episodes old! Chapel FM team members look back - and ahead, after a short mash of highlights, including poetry from Andrew McMillan, Helen Burke and Leeds East Academy.
Love The Words 298: Joyful Drama Group
Tue 6th May '25, 4:00pm
Comedy on the theme of Threshold from the fabulous Joyful Drama Group based at Heart in Headingley under the umbrella of Fall Into Place Theatre Company, Seacroft.
Love The Words 297: Laura Sutcliffe
Tue 29th Apr '25, 4:00pm
Laura is a musician, poet & artist inspired by the connection between humans & the landscape, neurodiversity and biodiversity. She reads from her new collection.
Love The Words 296: Nicky Bray/The Maids
Tue 22nd Apr '25, 4:00pm
Musician Nicky Bray talks about her love of languages & the work she & fellow volunteers do to support language assistants from abroad working in Yorkshire schools, plus The Maids.
Love The Words 295: James Wraith
Tue 8th Apr '25, 4:00pm
James Wraith is a student of Linguistics and a passionate advocate for Yorkshire dialect. He talks here about the richness of local language and why we should nurture it.
Love The Words 299: Olivia Mulligan
Tue 13th May '25, 4:00pm
Olivia Mulligan is a poet & children's author. She performs her poetry on stage, runs poetry workshops for adults and children, & is BBC Radio York's Poet Laureate.
Love The Words 294: Anna Aslanyan
Tue 1st Apr '25, 4:00pm
With our global theme, Anna Aslanyan talks about her book on the delicate art of translation, Dancing on Ropes; and poet Linda France presents Ep 5 of the powerful In Our Element.
Love The Words 293: Leeds/Dortmund plus STEWY
Tue 25th Mar '25, 4:00pm
Geoff Tranter talks about the shared history of Leeds & German city Dortmund & the value of city twinning. Plus street artist Stewy on his new wall portrait of poet Tony Harrison.
Love The Words 292: Pennine Platform (96)
Tue 18th Mar '25, 4:00pm
Poetry magazine Pennine Platform is flourishing. Four poets from the current Issue discuss what gives a poem staying power, with Editor Julia Deakin.
Love The Words 291: Barry Strickland-Hodge
Tue 11th Mar '25, 4:00pm
Barry Strickland-Hodge is the writer of ten books and numerous articles about medicine and pharmacology. He's also an expert on Nicholas Culpeper and his classic Complete Herbal.
Love The Words 290: John I.Clarke
Tue 4th Mar '25, 4:00pm
John Irving Clarke spends lengthy periods gazing out of windows, convinced that Hemingway's "one true sentence" lies out there somewhere. He has a new collection of stories.
Love The Words 289: Lottie Sadd
Tue 25th Feb '25, 4:00pm
Lottie Sadd is a Leeds-based interdisciplinary composer-performer and workshop facilitator. She talks about her practice in sound, voice, and text.
Love The Words 288: The National Poetry Centre
Tue 18th Feb '25, 4:00pm
First heard in Writing On Air, an exclusive soundscape tour of the derelict Victorian church in Leeds which will one day be transformed into The National Poetry Centre.
Love The Words 287: Hangmen
Tue 11th Feb '25, 4:00pm
Spike Marshall talks about directing the hard-hitting drama 'Hangmen' by Martin McDonagh for Leeds Arts Centre, opening Feb 26th at The Carriageworks. What's it about?
Love The Words 286: Sand House
Tue 4th Feb '25, 4:00pm
The eighth wonder of the world. In Doncaster. Buried forever. The true saga of the legendary Sand House, dramatised for radio by Peter Spafford and directed by Olwen May.
Love The Words 285: Len Biran, Elegant Solutions
Tue 28th Jan '25, 4:00pm
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, the fascinating and moving story of how Len Biran’s refugee father used his wits to keep his Polish Jewish family safe through World War 2.
Love The Words 284: I Want To Go Home
Tue 21st Jan '25, 4:00pm
A gifted musician re-lives the time he contracted polio as a child & became The King of Sound. Uplifting audio drama by Martin Riley. Plus powerful drama from Sam Lawrence.
Love The Words 283: Crossing Lines
Tue 14th Jan '25, 4:00pm
Elite triathletes Becky and Natalie are prepared to give everything to be World 1, but what if this affects their health forever? Jacky Burton's riveting audio drama.
Love The Words 282: Dr.Gavin Francis
Tue 17th Dec '24, 4:00pm
Emma Storr interviews Dr.Gavin Francis about his best-selling book, Recovery. Do we give ourselves enough time to get over things? Whatever happened to 'convalescence'?
Love The Words 281: Fiona Goh
Tue 10th Dec '24, 4:00pm
Fiona Goh is the Prize Director of the SI Leeds Literary Prize, a biennial award for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women based in the UK. She talks about her work.
Love The Words 280: Faye Marshall
Tue 3rd Dec '24, 4:00pm
Faye Marshall is a poet and nurse. She talks about the privilege of working in palliative care, its impact on her life and writing, and the flourishing poetry scene in South Leeds.
Love The Words 279: Vic Leeson
Tue 26th Nov '24, 4:00pm
Vic is a writer and therapist working throughout Yorkshire with groups and individuals. She talks about her love for the work she does and how it has evolved.
Love The Words 278: The Hawk’s Garden
Tue 19th Nov '24, 4:00pm
A soundpoem from Writing On Air 2023 by Gareth Rhodes about seasonal and climate change in a Leeds garden. More fabulous sound art in Writing On Air 2024, starts Nov 29.
Love The Words 277: A Father’s Voice
Tue 12th Nov '24, 4:00pm
As a forerunner for International Men's Day, Jaimes Lewis Moran presents poetry, prose, and reflection on the subject of fathers, first broadcast in Writing On Air 2023.