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- A Tyneside Collection: Poetry by Keith Armstrong (13:55)
Powerful and passionate words by poet Keith Armstrong inspired by his roots, his haunts, his Tyneside heroes.
14 min - 33 The Shape of Us: poetry by Clare Crossman (17:25)
Poet Clare Crossman reads a selection of her poetry from The Shape of Us and talks about the inspiration behind it. Clare also describes her work process and tells us about her projects. Although Clare has now migrated southwards, much of her poetry are drawn from her Northern roots.
Poems:
Cartography
Echo
Eileen at Fifty
Gravel Kind
Home Life
Nephews
Northerners
Portrait of My Father at 60
18 min - North Pens Writers: Two Short Stories (12:25)
From the talented North Pens Writers: two very different short stories with intriguing titles and the common theme of social gatherings
Mythconceptions by Jenny Spooner
Hello, Who's Your Lady Friend? by Judy Goodwin
13 min - 30 More Tales from the Easington Writers (30:48)
More tales and poetry from the Easington Writers' Group
We're Not Dead Yet a poem by Terry Dobson
The Slasher a short story by Mavis Farrell
Fen's World a poem by Mavis Farrell
Eating Jelly in the Welly a poem by Chris Robinson
Innocence a short story by Agnes Frain
31 min - 29 Village Notes a radio play by Rachel Cochrane
A seemingly respectable housewife, Liz, gathers the mundane village news for the down-at-heel editor of a local newspaper. As the Editor desparately searches for a juicy story to boost readership, little does he know the less then respectable sources of Liz's news
Cast
Liz played by Rachel Cochrane
The Editor played by Howard Haywood
47 min - 29 Oranges and Lemons a radio play by Rachel Cochrane (47:08)
When comfortably middle-class Elly befriends a writer on the run from her abusive partner, they have more in common than imagined.
CAST
Elly: Helen Morris
Jo: Sue Nicholson
Marting & ex-husband: John Woods
Elly's Mother: Robin Piette
Counsellor: Sue Hedworth
Elly's father & Policeman: Andrew Palmer
48 min - 028 'Installations' the poetry of Sue Hedworth (7:25)
includes the following poems:
Cheap Thrills
Goblins
January Blues
Forty Years On
Wishful
Muffin the Tortoiseshell Cat
8 min - 027 Agnes's Bench a short story by Sue White (3:34)
A short story by Northumberland writer Sue White set on the banks of the River Wear and recorded at a writing retreat run by Rachel Cochrane at Gibside National Trust, Rowlands Gill. It was inspired by the radio play Benchmark written by Rachel Cochrane which is also available as a podcast on listenupnorth.
4 min - 026 Coira's Wall: an extract from a novel by Simon Van der Velde
A tribal bid for power by Coira, a Celtic Queen. A tense and atmospheric story set almost 2000 years ago around the time of building Hadrian's Wall. Recorded at Segedunum Roman Fort and Museum.
12 min - 025 Writing to Rita: a selection of poetry by Michael Baron
Writer Michael Baron reads a selection of his poems, with subjects ranging from Rita Hayworth to bats. Recorded at Michaels' home in Cockermouth, Cumbria.
Michael's Poems:
Writing to Rita
Diary Note
Vol de Nuit
What If They Were Larks
Us
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Taking North East culture to a global audience: a cornucopia of radio plays, monologues, poetry, stories real and imagined, oral history.