Double Story 2
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 1:00pm
Short fiction from Monica Dickson. What would a bag of sweets sound like if they spoke to you?
Programmes
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Speak up!
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 1:15pm
The Deli team deliver their inimitable smorgasbord of poetry, comedy, discussion and music.
In the Dark
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 2:30pm
A man wakes up with a hangover. Pitch dark, unknown room. Where is he? What happened? Dark drama by James Fernie.
1977
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 2:45pm
A girl’s life explodes in puberty. Forty years later the hormones disappear overnight after a hysterectomy. Bitter transition comedy in diaries and song by Ali Bullivent
Speechless
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 3:45pm
What’s it like not to be able to speak? How do we hear the speechless? Jimmy Andrex interviews poet Jane Kite.
Strangers in a Strange Land
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 4:30pm
What does home mean? Poems by adults discovering their creativity in English, with Pascha Taylor.
Half Moon Spoken
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 5:15pm
Eleven Half Moon poets read and talk about each other’s poems.
Poetry DNA
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 6:15pm
Poets Tom Weir and Nick Allen reveal to James Fountain how their key influences have shaped their poetic DNA.
Jo Berry
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 7:15pm
Jo’s father was killed in the Brighton bombing of 1984. She has spent the last 18 years in dialogue with the ex-IRA combatant who planted the bomb. She talks to Mike Winter.
Stupidity is not the problem
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 8:30pm
Poetry with music hosted by Jimmy Andrex to provoke debate about economic inequality, based on Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman.
Hearing the Voice (part 1)
Thu 21st Mar '19, 10:00am
Researchers from Durham University introduce their interdisciplinary study of voice-hearing.
First Story
Thu 21st Mar '19, 10:30am
First Story brings professional writers to secondary schools to work with pupils and teachers. The young writers return to Chapel FM to share their work.
Let them Speak
Thu 21st Mar '19, 12:00pm
Stu Hennigan from Leeds Libraries reads the winning entries from a short story competition for schools in the Leeds East Primary Partnership.
Scattering Sounds
Thu 21st Mar '19, 12:20pm
Silence and speaking out; Chapel FM’s young Associate Writers sow their ideas in our ears.
Who’s Listening?
Thu 21st Mar '19, 12:45pm
Young people from Chapel FM’s Next Generation Foundation course teach us the art of conversation.
Runcible Spoon
Thu 21st Mar '19, 1:00pm
Kathleen Strafford reads from her new collection Tell it to the Moon, with guest Andrea Hardaker.
Seven Ages of Humankind
Thu 21st Mar '19, 2:00pm
From mewling in nurse’s arms to sans everything, The Agbrigg Writers give their take on Shakespeare’s Seven Ages of Man.
Maturing the Voice
Thu 21st Mar '19, 3:00pm
What’s it like to find your writing voice later in life? Alison Lock and Rachel Kerr review their journey.
Odd Jobs
Thu 21st Mar '19, 3:45pm
Mike Thompson’s dreams of being a professional footballer were dashed. How did he fill the void? He tells Linda Sage.
When Caring Ends
Thu 21st Mar '19, 4:20pm
Your life’s been about looking after a loved one. Now they’re gone, what next? Helen Thompson shares her thoughts.
Goddess Summons
Thu 21st Mar '19, 6:45pm
Capitalism and Nationalism against Nature and Humanity? Only poetry can save us! Antonio Martínez Arboleda is interviewed by Mike Baynham.
Writing in Style
Thu 21st Mar '19, 5:30pm
Leeds Beckett Writers speak about finding their voice in a populated writing community. What’s it mean to be a writer now?
Drama at the Chapel
Thu 21st Mar '19, 6:15pm
Chapel FM’s Next Generation Drama Group give us a sneaky peek into their world.
Stories from Stone
Thu 21st Mar '19, 6:30pm
Five authors share poetry and prose from ‘Stories from Stone’, inspired by Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford.
The Winter Wind
Thu 21st Mar '19, 7:00pm
How did Shakespeare sound when he spoke his own sonnets? Find out with Professor Richard Rastall and lutenist Helen Atkinson.
Unborn
Thu 21st Mar '19, 8:00pm
A play by Neil Rathmell about gender inequality in India, first performed by students at Punjabi University, Patiala.
The Food of Love
Thu 21st Mar '19, 9:00pm
Jacqueline Saville, Rosalind York and Emily Devane, with Keely Hodgson (cello) and Karen Vaughan (violin),show the ways music can speak for and to us.
Savages Out Loud
Thu 21st Mar '19, 10:00pm
Open Mic hosted by The Leeds Savage Club, featuring poet Amy Kinsman.
Love the Words #85
Tue 19th Mar '19, 7:30pm
Jimmy Andrex, Laura Potts and more.
The Music Institute #17
Tue 19th Mar '19, 9:30pm
Join the guys as they bring you the best songs around in this pre recorded Music Institute Special