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Lady Leshurr is Worlds First ambassador Lady Leshurr can’t wait POEST, LYRICISTS, rappers and those interested in developing their writing and spoken word skills are now invited to apply to be a part of the nationwide search for new and emerging spoken word talent. Supported by BBC Radio 1Xtra and BBC Asian Network alongside BBC Arts and Contains Strong Language Festival, Lady Leshhur will be working together with poetry organisations across the UK to deliver this year’s initiative. As ...

Words First: Poetry as Protest 26 April 2021 Words First is a talent scheme run by BBC Arts, Radio 1Xtra, Asian Network and Contains Strong Language. Each year it finds the best emerging spoken word talent in the UK. This brilliant and provocative series of films showcases new work by the 2020 winning artists, who were challenged to write about protest. You must enable JavaScript to play content Talented spoken word artists discuss their new poems responding to the word “protest”. In the fi...

Tel: +44 (0)1937 546546 With Monica Ali, Tahmima Anam, Nasima Bee and Leesa Gazi This is a free online event. Bookers will be sent a link in advance giving access and will be able to watch at any time for 48 hours after the start time. Sultanas Dream was the utopian creation of Begum Rokeya, a Bengali feminist writer and educator who is widely regarded as a pioneer of womens liberation in South Asia. In the year that Bangladesh turns 50 years old, Tahmima Anam and guests take this visionary wo...

Post some positivity this year with the Oldham Coliseum Date published: 29 January 2021 The Coliseum has a limited amount of Stamp: Postcards of Positivity resource packs containing postcards, stamps, art and crafts materials and the poetry exercise pack Following the success of 2020’s community sewing project, Stitch, Oldham Coliseum Theatre is launching a new creative community project for all ages, asking people to create postcards filled with positivity to send to family and friends...