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Lindsey Hilsum | Stories and Poems from the Front Line
For nearly four decades, Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum has reported from the frontlines of history, covering conflicts from Rwanda and Kosovo to Palestine and Ukraine. Throughout her career, she has always carried a book of poetry, finding solace and meaning in verse amid the horrors of war. In Ukraine, she began tweeting a poem a day, and to her surprise, people read, shared, and asked for more—revealing a deep, universal need for poetry in times of crisis.
In this special event, Lindsey shares a selection of her favourite poems, from ancient to modern, by writers across the world. Alongside each, she recounts powerful memories from her work: interviewing Bosnian warlords, meeting child soldiers in Uganda, and giving testimony in Rwanda. With her signature blend of sharp insight, dark humour, and deep humanity, she reflects on the comic absurdity, unexpected love, and lasting scars of war—long after the
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Podcast Poetry
It’s with great pleasure that I present the work of Gil Hedley - poet, somanaut (inner-space explorer), human anatomy expert, healer, and man of many other skills and talents. Gil gave me permission to bring some of his beautifully written, stimulating, and thought provoking poems to Podcast Poetry Live.
To give you an idea of this literary artist here is some of what he reveals about himself on his website at gilhedley.com
I started out my adult learning journey at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, studying for my Ph.D. in Theological Ethics. During that time I also became a Certified Rolfer and spent five years studying psychodynamics and energy healing in NYC; I have been an avid student of personal and spiritual development my whole life.
My combined interests and training has supported my personal exploration of the human body and led me to develop an integral approach to the study of human anatomy.
Over the past 27 years, I have led hun
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The short story has long been a popular form eller gestalt with writers and readers in Wales. The Green Bridge collects work bygd 25 of the country’s foremost writers of the twentieth century in an entertaining and varied anthology. Horror, satire, humour, war, tales of the aristocracy, of navvies, love, and madness, industry the countryside, politics and sport: these stories provide insight into the changing values of Wales and the world. This fryst vatten enjoyable reading for those who know Wales and its authors, and for newcomers to both.
Featuring: Dannie Abse, Glenda Beagan, Ron Berry, Duncan Bush, Brenda Chamberlain, Rhys Davies, Dorothy Edwards, Caradoc Evans, George Ewart Evans, Margiad Evans, Sian Evans, Geraint Goodwin, Nigel Helseltine, Richard Hughes, Emyr Humphreys, Glyn Jones, Gwyn Jones, Alun Lewis, Clare Morgan, Leslie Norris, Ifan Pughe, Alun Richards, Jaci Stephen, Dylan Thomas and Gwyn Thomas.