In depth interview with theatre director Alan Lyddiard, Artistic Director of The Performance Ensemble, about the vital place of older performers and creatives in our culture.

New Found Fiction podcast presented by Steve Clarkson, Anzir Boodoo with his extraordinary rendition of Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, and scurrilous Radio Free Kinsley Ep 7 from Jimmy Andrex & friends!

It's July 2020: After the government’s announcement of a £1.5billion for the arts, what do we want: recovery or revolution? Plus Emma Storr, Pam Line, Keith Fenton, The Writing Squad, and more.

Interview with South Yorkshire poet and dramatist Matt Black, plus new monologues from emerging writers in the north of England introduced by Writing Squad graduate and scriptwriter Charlotte Carrick.

Writer and Artistic Director of The Writing Squad, Steve Dearden, talks about how the Squad are responding to the pandemic, and about his flying; Leeds storyteller Matthew Bellwood with an eerie tale, plus young poet Maya Allen with a powerful piece about identity and race.

Angles of Light: writer Juleus Ghunta introduces Caribbean poets reading their own work in this 100th LTW; a fascinating collection with music chosen by the writers.

Tanya Shadrick talks about her forthcoming memoir 'The Cure For Sleep' and about late-waking, renewal, and staying alive.

Melissa Wuidart Phillips reads her short fiction 'Trinket', plus Part 2 of Sonic Stops from Better Songs Productions on the history of music in Leeds, commissioned by Music:Leeds.

In this 150th episode, singer, choir-whisperer Em Whitfield Brooks talks about change, presence, & her work in Voice; Joe Williams on his new poetry collection.