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Love the Words

Peter Spafford – Chapel FM

Peter Spafford, from Chapel 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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Love The Words 341: Isabel Edain (1)

Love the Words ·

2026/04/17

Pearls of The White Lizard, a story from Isabel Edain. Isabel's favourite weather is mist and her favourite colour is green. She lives in Leeds with 948 books and an ivy plant.

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58:48

Love The Words 340: Julia Deakin/Tallulah Howarth

Love the Words ·

2026/04/15

Two prominent West Yorkshire poets read from and talk about their new work: Julia Deakin, with 3 collections and a pamphlet to her name, and Tallulah Howarth whose first pamphlet An Alternative Xanadu is just out.

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53:04

Love The Words 341: Shara McCallum

Love the Words ·

2026/04/09

From Jamaica, of Jamaican and Venezuelan parentage, Shara McCallum is the author of seven books, published in the US & UK. Her latest collection Behold is published by Peepal Tree, April 2026. Here she reads from the book and talks about art and identity.

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01:13:15

Love The Words 339: Molly Ovenden

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2026/04/06

Typewriter Poet Molly Ovenden and fellow writers Tony Macaluso, Charlotte Carrick and Tallulah Howarth talk about crossing the threshold from solitary creating to public sharing.

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52:53

Love The Words 338: Emily Zobel Marshall

Love the Words ·

2026/03/31

Emily Zobel Marshall is a Leeds-based literary activist, poet and Professor of Postcolonial Literature. She researches Caribbean carnival and trickster folklore and has published several academic books and two poetry collections with Peepal Tree Press, Bath of Herbs (2023) and Other Wild (2025). Emily talks about mountains, grieving, and her current projects.

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53:45

Love The Words 335: The Final Whistle

Love the Words ·

2026/03/25

Love, betrayal, and the 1966 World Cup, in this atmospheric audio drama from Jacqueline Everett set in communist Hungary. One of the many highlights of Writing On Air 2026.

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57:04

Love The Words 336: The State of The Arts/1984

Love the Words ·

2026/03/25

Leeds Arts Centre give us a blast of their innovative new production of Orwell's 1984, and editor Millie Lacey talks about the invaluable resource that is The State of The Arts online platform for arts and info in W. Yorkshire.

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01:09:46

Love The Words 337: All Saints Live 1

Love the Words ·

2026/03/24

Children from All Saints Primary School in East End Park, Leeds, give us poetry, ideas and songs on the theme of Underground in this Love The Words Year 4 Special!

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42:22

Love The Words 334: Pennine Platform

Love the Words ·

2026/03/11

Four poets read from the latest Issue of Pennine Platform (winner of 'Best Cultural Promotion Publication' in the Northern Enterprise Awards 2025) read poems and talk about them with editor-in-chief Julia Deakin.

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55:16

Love The Words 334: Minutes From The Revolution

Love the Words ·

2026/03/04

Timely satirical audio drama by Freya Jackson. It's all kicking off in the streets. But has it been minuted? This play was first broadcast as part of Writing On Air 2026.

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49:44

Love The Words 331: Stu Hennigan

Love the Words ·

2026/02/11

'In the derelict shell of what was once his family home, a dying man surveys the wreckage of his former life and drinks himself senseless'. But this is also a book that brims with hope and love. Stu Hennigan on his brand new novel.

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49:33

Love The Words: Changing The Narrative 2

Love the Words ·

2026/02/08

What’s domestic abuse really like for victim-survivors? And what are the harmful narratives that need to be changed? Voices from Leeds Domestic Violence Service reflect.

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01:04:46

Love The Words 330: Changing The Narrative 1

Love the Words ·

2026/02/08

What’s domestic abuse really like for victim-survivors? And what are the harmful narratives that need to be changed? Experts in the field discuss.

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48:02

Love The Words 329: People's History of Leeds (2)

Love the Words ·

2026/01/28

The People’s History of Leeds captures the story of the city through the voices of its citizens. Volume 1, published last week, includes stories from joyful Goths, Leeds United fans and many more.

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49:43

Love The Words 327: Jacob Davies & Finny

Love the Words ·

2026/01/22

Two young poets from West Yorkshire, Jacob Davies and Finny, are both gaining exciting reputations both locally and nationally. Poems and discussion from these passionate new voices.

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55:51

Love The Words 328

Love the Words ·

2026/01/15

Episode from a new poetry series on ELCR, Poetry Unseen, in which three poetry-heads present poems they like, and which the others don't know, for an in-the-moment, in-depth response, with Peter Spafford, James Fernie and Jaimes Lewis Moran.

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36:56

Love The Words 326: Lateral G

Love the Words ·

2026/01/14

Lateral G is an off-grid, travelling poet who lives on the road and writes about life, ageing and the strange things that happen in her weird world.

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46:55

Love The Words 323: Vickie Orton

Love the Words ·

2025/12/12

Storyteller Vickie Orton makes a happy return to Chapel FM to tell some seasonal stories and talk about her craft, honed after many years.

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51:33

Love The Words 325: Dortmund Revisited

Love the Words ·

2025/12/09

Love The Words hears from a group of visiting youth workers from Dortmund, Leeds' twin city in Germany. How are young people faring in Dortmund? And where can you get the best pizza in town? And which city has the tallest Christmas tree?

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59:25

Love The Words 324: Bishop Young Academy young writers

Love the Words ·

2025/12/09

Young writers from Bishop Young Academy in East Leeds, with committed teacher Miss Abbott, share moving & powerful poetry on the theme of Threshold and talk about hope and friendship.

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