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Peter Spafford, from East Leeds FM, presents his love of all things wordy in his weekly show Love The Words, featuring new creative writing from Leeds and beyond.... more
FAQs about Love the Words:How many episodes does Love the Words have?The podcast currently has 189 episodes available.
January 09, 2025Love The Words 284: I Want To Go HomeA gifted musician re-lives the time he contracted polio as a child. His recovery is dependent on finding his newfound power as The King of Sound. Uplifting drama for Writing On Air 2024, by Martin Riley and Jack Glover, plus Nobody Tells You It Drops When You Stop Chasing. Josh's gambling addiction has cost him his livelihood and his home life. Recovery’s going well. Until it isn’t. Impactful audio drama by Sam Lawrence....more46minPlay
January 09, 2025Love The Words 283: Crossing LinesElite triathletes Becky and Natalie are prepared to give everything to be World No.1. But what if this affects their health forever? Riveting drama about sport and friendship by Jacky Burton, first broadcast as part of Writing On Air 2024....more1h 15minPlay
December 17, 2024Love The Words 282: Dr.Gavin FrancisPoet and GP 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'?...more40minPlay
December 17, 2024Love The Words 281: Fiona GohFiona Goh is the Director of the SI Leeds Literary Prize, a biennial award for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women based in the UK.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 the prize which in 2024 celebrates its 10th year....more45minPlay
December 17, 2024Love The Words 280: Faye MarshallFaye 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....more52minPlay
December 01, 2024Love The Words 279: Vic LeesonVic is a writer and therapist working throughout Yorkshire with groups and individuals. She talks about her love for the work she does, how it has evolved and about the influence on her work of her pioneering father....more45minPlay
December 01, 2024Love The Words 278: The Hawk's GardenA soundpoem from Writing On Air 2023 by Gareth Rhodes about seasonal and climate change in a Leeds garden. ...more41minPlay
November 06, 2024Love The Words 276: Alex CallaghanPoet Alex Callaghan talks about the experience of editing and compiling Ey Up 3 and working with Written Off Publishing, as well as the fabulous Bone Down....more39minPlay
November 06, 2024Love The Words 277: A Father's VoiceAs a forerunner for International Men's Day 2024, Jaimes Lewis Moran presents poetry, prose, and reflection on the subject of fathers, first broadcast in Writing On Air 2023....more47minPlay
October 21, 2024Love The Words 274: What Is Prison Radio?In anticipation of Writing On Air 2024, another chance to hear about the ground-breaking national organisation Prison Radio and why their work is a lifeline for its listeners....more57minPlay
FAQs about Love the Words:How many episodes does Love the Words have?The podcast currently has 189 episodes available.