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Supporting Content

• Australia: Les Murray

  Les Murray talks about his life at Bunyah, and reads a new poem, The Care.

  

  Duration: 4:53

• South Africa: Toni Stuart

  Toni Stuart, a performance poet from Cape Town, reads ‘#34breestreet’

  

  Duration: 5:43

• Nigeria: Tolu Ogunlesi

  Poet and journalist Tolu Ogunlesi reads Abeokuta, a childhood recollection

  

  Duration: 5:18

• Guyana: Sasenarine Persaud

  Sasenarine explains why so many Guyanese are of Indian heritage and reads Georgetown.

  

  Duration: 5:16

• Trinidad and Tobago: Vahni Capildeo

  Vahni Capildeo talks about Commonwealth values and reads her poem Utter.

  

  Duration: 5:29

• Scotland: Kathleen Jamie

  Kathleen Jamie reads Here lies our land, a poem about the Battle of Bannockburn

  

  Duration: 5:54

• A poem from every competing nation and territory sent to Glasgow for the Games.

  

• Chef Ghillie Basan takes us on a culinary tour round the Commonwealth

  

• ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3's world music strand travels around the Commonwealth collecting music.

  

• Grenada: Frank Scott

  Frank Scott sends a poem from the Spice Islands, Grenada.

  Duration: 4:13

• Kiribati:Teweiariki Teaero

  Teweiariki Teaero weaves the Commonwealth together in Kaleidoscope of Hope.

  Duration: 4:27

• Solomon Islands: Jully Makini

  Jully Makini teases young women about becoming Westernised in her poem Civilised Girl.

  Duration: 5:37

• Dominica: Ras Mo

  Ras Mo, who works with young people on violence prevention, reads Pink and Blue.

  Duration: 4:36
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