Digesting History – Digital Recipe & Poetry Pack
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Collection in Verse – Kayo Chingonyi
by Kayo Chingonyi and Axel Kacoutié
Performer Biographies – Digesting History – Sheffield
Host Silé Sibanda is a spoken word performer, radio and stage presenter. In 2019 she won the BBC Radio Sheffield This is Me competition and subsequently became the host of the evening show on BBC Radio Sheffield. Poets Rachel Bower is a Poet and Leverhulme Fellow at the University of Leeds, and Sheffield resident. She’s…
Anti-Valentine’s Poetry Party
An online poetry sharing, celebrating love in all its forms.
Reimagining Digesting History
The story of our Digesting History event is full of twists and turns.
Joshua Idehen – Began in Fabric (Between The Storeys)
YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVdXVGKx2Us Part of the Between the Storeys project: a poetry film series exploring regeneration in central London with voices from the local communies. CREDITS Producers: Jasmine White, Victoria Bastable; Director: Charlotte Ginsborg; Director of Photography: Tania Freimuth; Camera Assistant: Henry Worsley; Sound Recordist: Louis Innis; Production Assistant: Lara Costello; Runners: Rakaya Fetuga, Ariel…
How to be a Creative Producer part 3: Festival Producing
As part of Poet in the City Producers, Poet in the City and Regent’s Place present a series of additional skills workshops for early-career producers designed to further develop professional skills needed to boost employability. How to be a Creative Producer part 3: Festival Producing Have you ever wanted to put on your own festival? Spent your…
A Look Back At 2020
We have worked with many inspiring partners, artists and freelancers this year and in closing 2020 at Poet in the City, I’d like to recognise their incredible work and our appreciation of their creative collaboration. A particular shout out goes to our freelancers, the creative geniuses behind the scenes who you might not know but…
Murray Lachlan Young – Community of Souls (Between The Storeys)
YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj94LbdaO6Q Part of the Between the Storeys project: a poetry film series exploring regeneration in central London with voices from the local communies. CREDITS Producers: Jasmine White, Victoria Bastable; Director: Charlotte Ginsborg; Camera Assistant: Henry Worsley; Sound Recordist: Louis Innis; Production Assistant: Lara Costello; Runners: Rakaya Fetuga, Ariel Silverman; Editor: Charlotte Ginsborg ABOUT…
Imtiaz Dharker – Underlines/Overheard (Between The Storeys)
YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7UH_GLTplk Part of the Between the Storeys project: a poetry film series exploring regeneration in central London with voices from the local communies. FEATURING Imtiaz Dharker, Poet; Roxanne Black, Medieval Character; Catherine Moloney, Customer Service Supervisor, Farringdon and Barbican Stations; Don Walker, Senior Human Osteologist, MOLA (Museum of London Archeology); Andy Scholes, Site…
Digesting History
Your much-needed contribution will go to Open Kitchen Social Club, a community programme that provides food and support for destitute asylum seekers, refugees, migrants and those in need.
Digesting History
Come dine with us online! Take a seat at our digital dining table for a menu of poetry, conversation and film.
Hillview Poetic Histories: Catherine Packard
Catherine Packard has lived on Hillview, a Victorian housing estate in King’s Cross, since 1981 and was instrumental in enticing Poet in the City to bring the estate’s history to life through poetry. We spoke to her in November 2020.
“Fail Better” – 2020 in Review
Poet in the City volunteer Jack Wright reflects on a rollercoaster of a year under the banner of “Fail Better”.
On Spooky Season
Poet in the City Producer Arden Fitzroy reflects on the darkening of days and Halloween traditions, as we approach the year’s end.
A huge thank you from our CEO, Isobel Colchester
A note of thanks from CEO Isobel Colchester as we round off the year.
Collections in Verse: Sheffield Update
A reimagining of Digesting History, the finale of Collections in Verse: Sheffield.
Interim CEO Janet’s 2.6 Challenge
Interim CEO Janet Fischer reflects on her summer fundraising challenge of running 26 miles and reading 26 poems.
Herstory Newcastle – 3 March 2020
A pre-lockdown event diving into feminist histories, looking to consider new pathways for change and action in the gender equality movement. Part of Collections in Verse: Newcastle.
Reflections on William Wordsworth – I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
A review of our William Wordsworth event by Jack Wright.
Wac Arts Young Producers
Poet in the City has partnered with Wac Arts to deliver Wac Arts Young Producers for aspiring creative producers 15+
Life on the High Street
Poet in the City has partnered with the Royal Borough of Greenwich and RevolYOUtion London to help create a community-led poem that will be turned into a short film and interactive public art installation.
A Heart More Wakeful: Nature Lessons with William Wordsworth
Polly Atkin joined our digital event on William Wordsworth, live from Grasmere, to discuss what learnings we could take from Wordsworth’s poetry today. Here is the full text of her speech.
2021 | Classic | Ecopolitics | Fail Better | Humanity | Kings Place | Melanie Roberts | Nature | Politics | Polly Atkin | William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud – Polly Atkin
Poet in the City · Interview with Polly Atkin at Poet in the City’s I wandered as Lonely as a Cloud event Polly Atkin lives in Grasmere. She has taught English Literature and Creative Writing at QMUL, Lancaster University, the University of Cumbria, and most recently at the University of Strathclyde. Her debut collection of poetry Basic…
Collections in Verse: Newcastle
Bringing the British Library’s “Unfinished Business: The Fight For Women’s Rights” to life in Newcastle, with poets Degna Stone, Ellen Moran and Sky Hawkins.
Collections in Verse: Sheffield
Bringing the British Library’s “Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War” to life in Sheffield, with poets Rachel Bower, Kayo Chingonyi and Joe Kriss.
How to be a Creative Producer part 2: Marketing Yourself
As part of Poet in the City Producers, Poet in the City and Regent’s Place present a series of additional skills workshops for early-career producers designed to further develop professional skills needed to boost employability. How to be a Creative Producer part 2: Marketing Yourself As an independent producer, how do you establish your own professional profile?…
How to be a Creative Producer part 1: The Business of Being Freelance
As part of Poet in the City Producers, Poet in the City and Regent’s Place present a series of additional skills workshops for early-career producers designed to further develop professional skills needed to boost employability. How to be a Creative Producer part 1: The Business of Being Freelance Ever wondered how to put together an invoice?…
Connected Through the Unknown: A Hounslow COVID Archive
Poet in the City and Hounslow Council are developing a creative archive recording the ways in which the COVID 19 pandemic has impacted local people in the borough.
Woolwich Speaks
Discover a new epic poem about Woolwich via a colourful poetry street trail and online film this August
Hillview Inheritance Remembered
By Chris Harrison
Hillview
By Chris Reeves