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The virtues of idleness?
4:40pm Tuesday 8th July 2008
Tom Hodgkinson: Poetry and Idleness. Burgage Hall, Sunday 6th July.
Being Shelley - Ann Wroe
8:39am Tuesday 8th July 2008
Monday's talk by the writer Ann Wroe on her latest literary biography, Being Shelley, was a sell-out. And those purchasing their tickets were more than satisfied: i.e. engrossed and exhilarated!
Can Poetry Change Anything?
5:01pm Monday 7th July 2008
Lithuanian poet Marcelius Matinaitis shared the stage with his fellow poet and one-time student Laima Vince Sruoginis, who also acted as translator
New generation of poets
3:55pm Monday 7th July 2008
I have just come from Out Loud, the event where pupils who have written poems through the Poets in Schools programme read their work.
Bold step well worth taking
8:57am Monday 7th July 2008
"Can Poetry Change Anything?" Burgage Hall, Ledbury.
View through the window
8:54am Monday 7th July 2008
David Whyte's contribution to the Ledbury Poetry Festival on Friday evening was an impressive tour de force.
The Wanderer keeps people in their seats.
8:41am Monday 7th July 2008
One school of thought has it that poetry should never be set to music, - because it is word-music and does not need the notes.
Off to a flyer
8:31am Monday 7th July 2008
"We are now in the midst of the first weekend of the Festival. Carol Ann Duffy blessed the festival with her poem Prayer' at our launch and the Mayor, Keith Francis spoke from his heart in a very generous way about all the events he is looking forward to at the Festival.
Poetry Jukebox: The Right Selection.
7:05pm Sunday 6th July 2008
Some poets claim that actors and actresses, even famous performers, should never be allowed to lift a book of verse on stage.
A cider supper sets a tradition.
8:28am Saturday 5th July 2008
Poetry Festival chairman, the artist Peter Arscott hopes that a poets-only cider supper will become an annual tradition in Ledbury from now on.
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