The Bards of Whitelocks Bar
Writer Jean Sprackland visits the Leeds city centre bar, famous for its poetic punters from Betjeman to TS Eliot, and explores the legacy of the postwar Leeds poetry renaissance.
Poet Jean Sprackland visits the characterful Leeds city centre bar, Whitelocks, famous for its poetic punters from Betjeman to T S Eliot. In the company of poets Ian Duhig, Jon Glover, Rommi Smith and Antony Dunn, she explores the legacy of the postwar Leeds poetry renaissance that produced such eminent poets as Geoffrey Hill, Tony Harrison and Jon Silkin.
Produced by Emma Harding
Painting of 'Whitelocks' by Maurice de Sausmaurez, courtesy of Jane Sausmaurez. Part of the collection at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery at the University of Leeds.
Music: 'Another Number' by Leeds band, the Kaiser Chiefs, taken from the album, Everyday I Love You Less and Less, Wichita Recordings 2005
'Child of the Jago; by the Kaiser Chiefs, taken from the album, Start the Revolution Without Me, Wichita Recordings 2005
'Everything's Dandy' was written and performed by Rommi Smith, with music composed by Dave Evans and performed by Dave Evans and Ken Higgins
THE PRESENTER:
Jean Sprackland is a poet and writer. Her poetry collections include Tilt and Hard Water, and her latest collection, Sleeping Keys, is published by Cape in September 2013. Her recent non-fiction book, Strands: a year of discoveries on the beach, was a 大象传媒 Radio 4 Book of the Week.
http://jeansprackland.com.
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lives in Leeds. He has published several poetry collections including: The Bradford Count, The Lammas Hireling, The Speed of Dark听补苍诲 Pandorama (Picador, 2010). A stage play written with Rommi Smith, God Comes Home, was performed at West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2009.
is the author of several collections of poetry, including To the Niagara Frontier, Magnetic Resonance Imaging 补苍诲听Glass is Elastic (Carcanet, 2012). He was聽born in Sheffield in 1943 and was educated at the University of Leeds, where he started to help produce and edit Stand magazine, of which he is now Managing Editor.
is a Leeds-based poet and playwright, whose work often fuses spoken word and music together. She has held numerous national and international residencies including Parliamentary Writer in Residence (2007). Her work as poet and dramatist聽has been widely broadcast on 大象传媒 radio. Her first collection of poetry and CD were both entitled Moveable Type (Route, 2000) and she is currently working on a novel in verse called Mornings and Midnights for Peepal Tree Press.
聽lives in Leeds. He聽received an Eric Gregory Award in 2000. He has published three collections of poems, Pilots and Navigators, Flying Fish and Bugs (Carcanet OxfordPoets, 2009).聽He also writes for the theatre and his plays include Dog Blue, Goose Chase and Shepherds鈥� Delight.
Broadcasts
- Sun 14 Apr 2013 16:30大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sat 20 Apr 2013 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4
