As part of our international drive, two Czech poets, Ondrej Hrabal and Simon Leitgeb, plus Scots poet Colin McGuire with a brand new pamphlet titled Ultraviolet, perform Live in Chapel FM's radio theatre. Ondrej lives in Leeds' twin city Brno in the Czech Republic and organises the fascinating Inverze festival in Ostrava.

Leeds-born poet and creative writing facilitator Michelle Scally Clarke talks about her new project 'Division', plus Jaimes Lewis Moran, Seacroft poet, on his collection, Protest Poetry. Are we a divided city? How do we bridge the gaps? Is poetry a bridge?

Award winning plays from Script Yorkshire's 2025 radio-drama competition. Teabreak-length tales from three writers, and a brace of the best repeated from 2024.

Hannah Stone talks to Chris Cambell, a queer neurodivergent immigrant who believes in constant reinvention, endless curiosity, and helping people prioritise daily creativity. Chris is a slam champion, an experienced facilitator, has a book of poetry published by Broken Sleep Books, and is a two-time UK National Poetry Slam finalist.

The Skippko Research Team, with Prof.Peter Anderson from Leeds University and Matthew Bellwood, talk about Wish You Were Here, a fascinating oral history project about British tourism in Spain over the last 40 years.

Mick Jenkinson is a poet, songwriter, musician, and freelance arts practitioner. He runs Well Spoken, a monthly poetry evening at Doncaster Brewery. His latest poetry pamphlet, A Parliament of Apples, was published in 2026 by Sherwood Handcraft.

Patrick Lodge is an Irish-Welsh poet who lives in Yorkshire. He has read at festivals across Europe and the UK. His 4th collection, "There You Are", is published by Valley Press. He reads from the book and talks about identity, belonging, and home.

A Bright Room Called Day is a rarely staged play by Tony Kushner. Produced by Leeds Arts Centre, it follows a group of friends in 1930's Berlin navigating the rise of fascism. Director Marlowe talks about the play and the process of working with Tony Kushner to bring it to the Leeds stage.

Juleus Ghunta is a poet and editor whose poems have appeared in The Caribbean Writer, Wasafiri, Poetry Archive, and Chiron Review. He speaks from where he lives in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada about art, childhood trauma and education. Also: a feature from the Fall Into Place 'Solace' group.

It’s summer 1948 and Amba’s on the flight of her life. Yorkshire author/sheep farmer Stephanie Shields has just been awarded a gold medal for her new novel After Amba. She talks about the book and reflects on her writing thus far.