Fleur Adcock, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Simon Armitage, Jay Bernard, Malika Booker, Imtiaz Dharker, Caleb Femi, Peter Finch, Ifor Ap Glyn, Lavinia Greenlaw
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Fifty Poems from Five Decades
Join ten of the finest poets writing in the UK today to celebrate the opening anniversary of the Purcell Room spaces.
Join a poetic journey from Brutalism to the birth of Notting Hill Carnival and on to Welsh quarries; from disco to punk, from the Tour de Yorkshire to David Bowie. This event doesn't shy away from political moments of the past half century, such as the New Cross Fire of 1981 and our impending exit from the European Union.
Fleur Adcock
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Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
One of Africa's leading poets writing in Arabic, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi is widely celebrated in his native Sudan.
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Simon Armitage
The Millennium poet, who has published numerous collections of poetry, produced several novels, and written extensively for television and radio. In…
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Jay Bernard
Poet Jay Bernard's 'Your Sign Is Cuckoo, Girl' was the Poetry Book Society's pamphlet choice for summer 2008. She was recently poet in residence on…
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Malika Booker, Imtiaz Dharker, Caleb Femi, Peter Finch, Ifor Ap Glyn, Lavinia Greenlaw
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