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Love the Words

Peter Spafford / East Leeds Community Radio

Peter Spafford, from East Leeds FM, presents his love of all things wordy in his weekly show Love The Words, featuring new creative writing from Leeds and beyond.

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57:48

Love The Words 217

Love the Words ·

2023/05/04

Volunteers on the brand new community newspaper East Side Story tell the remarkable story of its growing success, plus Zoe Freedman on directing Leeds Arts Centre's new production, Chicken Soup, at Carriageworks Theatre.

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51:18

Love The Words 216

Love the Words ·

2023/04/26

What is Community Psychology? LTW follows a conference in Leeds. Plus young theatregoers Oliver and Amos interview Lord of The Flies actor Jason Battersby. And anarchic storytelling from veteran Leeds playwright Martin Riley.

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50:23

Love The Words 215

Love the Words ·

2023/04/20

Poets Ian Harker, William Thirsk-Gaskill and Joe Williams, with Irene Lofthouse, take us on a whirlwind poetry tour of Leeds. Hilarious, irreverent and surreal.

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49:30

Love The Words 214

Love the Words ·

2023/04/11

John Baron, of the W. Leeds Dispatch, talks about the power of good local journalism in the age of Twitter. Plus Barber B and Seki Lynch on their co-written play coming soon to venues in Leeds supported by the marvellous Space 2.

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55:16

Love The Words 213

Love the Words ·

2023/04/04

Another chance to hear the poem sequence 150 Words As I Wait For A Tree To Grow Back by Pamela Crowe, first broadcast as part of Writing On Air 2022, as was dark drama There Was A Man by Neil Rathmell.

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01:00:28

Love The Words 212

Love the Words ·

2023/03/29

Garry Lyons, writer of the play Blow Down, talks to a live audience about writing oral history drama, with playwright Mary Cooper and oral historian Tony Macaluso.

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47:10

Love The Words 211

Love the Words ·

2023/03/23

Rach Horner, a Leeds playwright writing about myth, feminism and queerness, introduces their radio drama Gentle Things, produced by Rocket Box Theatre Company.

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45:27

Love The Words 210

Love the Words ·

2023/03/15

Charlotte Eichler talks about her new poetry collection, Swimming Between Islands, published by Carcanet. And Sharena Lee Satti of The National Literacy Trust on an exciting new initiative for young writers in W.Yorkshire.

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50:48

Love The Words 209

Love the Words ·

2023/03/08

Writer David Price, Assistant Headteacher Elizabeth Powell, and theatre makers Fran Cairns & Naomi Roxby Wardle discuss culture change in Education. What are the challenges of Education in the UK at the moment? Is reform possible and what models exist?

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51:23

Love The Words 208

Love the Words ·

2023/03/01

WordPlay, a group of Leeds-based writers working with Barney Bardsley, bring us a lyrical evocation of the sea in prose and poetry, with original music by Chris Benstead.

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01:01:55

Love The Words 207

Love the Words ·

2023/02/22

Tower of Song celebrates its 10th birthday with this retrospective from Nicky and Carl. Tower of Song is Leeds' fabulous regular night for songwriters who meet every month to share new songs written to a theme and style. A unique forum for new songwriting!

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43:09

Love The Words 206

Love the Words ·

2023/02/14

A Special LTW: Adam Farrer talks about Cold Fish Soup, his award-winning memoir set in Withernsea which, with Leeds Lit Fest, we're reading all night at The Readathon, 25th Feb.

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43:10

Love The Words 205

Love the Words ·

2023/02/14

Enya Lucas directs Leeds Arts Centre's new production, Scarborough, by Fiona Evans. She talks to LTW about this controversial and thought-provocative new play. Plus writer Bethany Rivers on ways that creative writing can work with grief.

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59:00

Love The Words 204

Love the Words ·

2023/02/08

Chijoke Ojukwu talks about a ground-breaking community initiative in Harehills, Leeds, plus our resident storyteller Vickie Orton live and in action with a haunting story about love and sorrow.

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52:02

Love The Words 203

Love the Words ·

2023/01/26

Matt Black, poet, on his piquant and poignant work-in-progress examining the tensions among siblings as they care collectively for an elderly parent. With a guest appearance from Charlie.

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56:33

Love The Words 202

Love the Words ·

2023/01/19

A Walk In The Park (Pt 2), a sonic stroll through Roundhay Park with A Quiet Word and storyteller Matthew Bellwood, funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund, to mark 150 years of the Park.

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59:50

Love The Words 201

Love the Words ·

2023/01/10

A Walk In The Park (Pt 1), a sonic stroll through Roundhay Park, Leeds, in high summer with A Quiet Word, celebrating the Parks's 150th birthday in a project supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund. Roundhay played a vital role for Loiners in the pandemic. Here visitors, poets, and Friends of Roundhay volunteers talk about their favourite spots, alongside historical notes from urban geographer Rachel Unsworth.

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44:17

Love The Words 200

Love the Words ·

2022/12/14

Episode 200 of LTW, with 2 VERY contrasting pieces: a Radio Panto from ELDA (East Leeds Dramatic Arts) and The Future, It's a Fix by Caroline Noh, featuring the young people of Chapel FM's Next Generation scheme, plus poet Jaimes Lewis Moran.

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50:32

Love The Words 199

Love the Words ·

2022/12/10

Chapel FM resident storyteller Vickie Orton makes a very welcome return to ELFM to tell us two magical tales, including The Pedlar of Swaffham.

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56:46

Love The Words 198

Love the Words ·

2022/11/24

Simon Treen, of the podcast Working Hours about people in Leeds and their working lives, talks why he does it and what he's learning. Jo Brandon, poet, on her new collaboration with a composer.

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