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Culture / 18 August 2017
18 August 2017
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Culture / 17 August 2017
17 August 2017
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Culture / 16 August 2017
16 August 2017
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Culture / 10 August 2017
10 August 2017
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Culture / 4 August 2017
4 August 2017
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Culture / 3 August 2017
3 August 2017
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Culture / 27 July 2017
27 July 2017
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Culture / 20 July 2017
20 July 2017
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Culture / 18 July 2017
18 July 2017
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Culture / 14 July 2017
14 July 2017
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Culture / 6 July 2017
6 July 2017
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Culture / 30 June 2017
30 June 2017
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Culture / 30 June 2017
30 June 2017
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Culture / 29 June 2017
29 June 2017
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Culture / 29 June 2017
29 June 2017
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Culture / 15 June 2017
15 June 2017
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Culture / 15 June 2017
15 June 2017
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Culture / 7 June 2017
7 June 2017
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Culture / 26 May 2017
26 May 2017
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Culture / 25 May 2017
25 May 2017
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Culture / 17 May 2017
17 May 2017
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Culture / 16 May 2017
16 May 2017
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Culture / 12 May 2017
12 May 2017
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Culture / 9 May 2017
9 May 2017
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Culture / 8 May 2017
8 May 2017
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Culture / 26 April 2017
26 April 2017
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Culture / 21 April 2017
21 April 2017
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Culture / 7 April 2017
7 April 2017
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Culture / 28 March 2017
28 March 2017
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Culture / 28 March 2017
28 March 2017
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Culture / 14 March 2017
14 March 2017
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Culture / 7 March 2017
7 March 2017
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Culture / 1 March 2017
1 March 2017
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Culture / 1 March 2017
1 March 2017
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Culture / 22 February 2017
22 February 2017
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 22 February 2017
22 February 2017
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Culture / 16 February 2017
16 February 2017
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Features / 14 February 2017
14 February 2017
KESTRA LAURENT reports on the fundraising initiative inspired by a scene in I, Daniel Blake providing sanitary products to the women affected by the Tory governments brutal cuts
Culture / 14 February 2017
14 February 2017
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Culture / 8 February 2017
8 February 2017
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Culture / 6 February 2017
6 February 2017
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Culture / 2 February 2017
2 February 2017
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Culture / 1 February 2017
1 February 2017
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Culture / 25 January 2017
25 January 2017
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Culture / 24 January 2017
24 January 2017
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Culture / 24 January 2017
24 January 2017
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Culture / 23 January 2017
23 January 2017
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Culture / 18 January 2017
18 January 2017
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Culture / 12 January 2017
12 January 2017
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Culture / 20 December 2016
20 December 2016
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Culture / 9 December 2016
9 December 2016
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Culture / 6 December 2016
6 December 2016
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Culture / 30 November 2016
30 November 2016
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Culture / 20 November 2016
20 November 2016
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Culture / 12 November 2016
12 November 2016
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Culture / 3 November 2016
3 November 2016
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Culture / 2 November 2016
2 November 2016
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Culture / 28 October 2016
28 October 2016
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Culture / 28 October 2016
28 October 2016
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Culture / 11 October 2016
11 October 2016
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Culture / 4 October 2016
4 October 2016
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Culture / 4 October 2016
4 October 2016
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Culture / 20 September 2016
20 September 2016
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Culture / 9 September 2016
9 September 2016
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Culture / 8 September 2016
8 September 2016
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Culture / 7 September 2016
7 September 2016
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Culture / 6 September 2016
6 September 2016
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Culture / 26 August 2016
26 August 2016
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Culture / 18 August 2016
18 August 2016
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Culture / 11 August 2016
11 August 2016
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Culture / 4 August 2016
4 August 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 4 August 2016
4 August 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 4 August 2016
4 August 2016
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Culture / 14 July 2016
14 July 2016
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Culture / 7 July 2016
7 July 2016
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Culture / 7 July 2016
7 July 2016
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Culture / 22 June 2016
22 June 2016
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Culture / 17 June 2016
17 June 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 17 June 2016
17 June 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 17 June 2016
17 June 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 17 June 2016
17 June 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 1 June 2016
1 June 2016
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Culture / 19 May 2016
19 May 2016
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Culture / 13 May 2016
13 May 2016
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Culture / 10 May 2016
10 May 2016
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Culture / 6 May 2016
6 May 2016
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Culture / 4 May 2016
4 May 2016
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Culture / 4 May 2016
4 May 2016
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Culture / 22 April 2016
22 April 2016
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Culture / 20 April 2016
20 April 2016
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Culture / 14 April 2016
14 April 2016
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Culture / 12 April 2016
12 April 2016
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Culture / 11 April 2016
11 April 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Features / 11 April 2016
11 April 2016
Kyra Hanson interviews Hollie McNish who won the prestigious Arts Foundation prize for her spoken word poetry and has just published a new collection of verse Nobody Told Me - Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 6 April 2016
6 April 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 31 March 2016
31 March 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 30 March 2016
30 March 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 29 March 2016
29 March 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 10 March 2016
10 March 2016
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Culture / 7 March 2016
7 March 2016
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Culture / 3 March 2016
3 March 2016
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Culture / 2 March 2016
2 March 2016
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Culture / 27 February 2016
27 February 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 23 February 2016
23 February 2016
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Culture / 17 February 2016
17 February 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 17 February 2016
17 February 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 14 February 2016
14 February 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 14 February 2016
14 February 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 11 February 2016
11 February 2016
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Culture / 9 February 2016
9 February 2016
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Culture / 4 February 2016
4 February 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 4 February 2016
4 February 2016
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Culture / 1 February 2016
1 February 2016
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Culture / 28 January 2016
28 January 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 21 January 2016
21 January 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 21 January 2016
21 January 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Features / 21 January 2016
21 January 2016
by Matt Abbott for Well Versed
Culture / 20 January 2016
20 January 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 20 January 2016
20 January 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Features / 15 January 2016
15 January 2016
The miners’ strike of 1984 is embedded in the British psyche as a watershed in class politics and the ultimate exposure of the “one nation” term as utter humbug. Alan Buckley has the story
Culture / 15 January 2016
15 January 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 15 January 2016
15 January 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Features / 7 January 2016
7 January 2016
Neil Fulwood and David Sillitoe explain how they decided to celebrate the diversity of Alan Sillitoe’s output as a writer, debunk the Angry Young Man cliche and direct the reader to other aspects of his work
Culture / 7 January 2016
7 January 2016
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Culture / 6 January 2016
6 January 2016
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 5 January 2016
5 January 2016
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Culture / 2 January 2016
2 January 2016
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Culture / 2 January 2016
2 January 2016
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Culture / 28 December 2015
28 December 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 16 December 2015
16 December 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 16 December 2015
16 December 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 10 December 2015
10 December 2015
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Culture / 4 December 2015
4 December 2015
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Culture / 2 December 2015
2 December 2015
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Culture / 27 November 2015
27 November 2015
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Culture / 25 November 2015
25 November 2015
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Culture / 19 November 2015
19 November 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 12 November 2015
12 November 2015
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Culture / 9 November 2015
9 November 2015
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Culture / 5 November 2015
5 November 2015
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Culture / 30 October 2015
30 October 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 27 October 2015
27 October 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 23 October 2015
23 October 2015
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Culture / 15 October 2015
15 October 2015
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Culture / 13 October 2015
13 October 2015
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Culture / 12 October 2015
12 October 2015
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Features / 8 October 2015
8 October 2015
by Niall McDevitt
Culture / 2 October 2015
2 October 2015
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Culture / 25 September 2015
25 September 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Features / 23 September 2015
23 September 2015
KYRA HANSON reviews Tim Wells's latest collection Everything Crash
Culture / 23 September 2015
23 September 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 23 September 2015
23 September 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 22 September 2015
22 September 2015
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Culture / 11 September 2015
11 September 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Features / 9 September 2015
9 September 2015
Poets are nailing their political colours to the mast – and they’re red for Corbyn, writes Russell Bennetts for Well Versed
Culture / 9 September 2015
9 September 2015
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Culture / 3 September 2015
3 September 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 3 September 2015
3 September 2015
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Culture / 21 August 2015
21 August 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 21 August 2015
21 August 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 18 August 2015
18 August 2015
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Culture / 13 August 2015
13 August 2015
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Features / 12 August 2015
12 August 2015
Jody Porter talks to ANDY JACKSON and W N HERBERT about the success of their post-election poetry project
Culture / 10 August 2015
10 August 2015
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Culture / 10 August 2015
10 August 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 5 August 2015
5 August 2015
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Culture / 4 August 2015
4 August 2015
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Culture / 4 August 2015
4 August 2015
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Culture / 29 July 2015
29 July 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 23 July 2015
23 July 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 21 July 2015
21 July 2015
Derailed Sense East End Film Festival, London 4/5 - review by JODY PORTER
Culture / 20 July 2015
20 July 2015
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Culture / 20 July 2015
20 July 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 16 July 2015
16 July 2015
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Culture / 10 July 2015
10 July 2015
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Culture / 7 July 2015
7 July 2015
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Culture / 3 July 2015
3 July 2015
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Culture / 27 June 2015
27 June 2015
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Culture / 24 June 2015
24 June 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 24 June 2015
24 June 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 22 June 2015
22 June 2015
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Culture / 17 June 2015
17 June 2015
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Culture / 12 June 2015
12 June 2015
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Culture / 29 May 2015
29 May 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 21 May 2015
21 May 2015
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Culture / 15 May 2015
15 May 2015
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Culture / 8 May 2015
8 May 2015
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Culture / 30 April 2015
30 April 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 28 April 2015
28 April 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 24 April 2015
24 April 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Features / 24 April 2015
24 April 2015
Poet and Morning Star regular Clare Pollard on how poetry can best engage with Brecht’s ‘dark times’
Features / 23 April 2015
23 April 2015
The Stare’s Nest poetry blog aims to counteract the cynicism of commentators like Jeremy Paxman. Editor Judi Sutherland has the story
Culture / 23 April 2015
23 April 2015
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Culture / 21 April 2015
21 April 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 21 April 2015
21 April 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 17 April 2015
17 April 2015
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Features / 15 April 2015
15 April 2015
A recent canvass by Poets’ Network reveals that writers are deeply unhappy about being paid peanuts or not at all for public work. Tamar Yoseloff and Kate Fox explain
Culture / 14 April 2015
14 April 2015
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Culture / 9 April 2015
9 April 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Features / 8 April 2015
8 April 2015
CLARE SAPONIA explains the inspiration behind her new collections of poems
Culture / 7 April 2015
7 April 2015
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Culture / 3 April 2015
3 April 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 1 April 2015
1 April 2015
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Culture / 31 March 2015
31 March 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 26 March 2015
26 March 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 24 March 2015
24 March 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 20 March 2015
20 March 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 13 March 2015
13 March 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Features / 11 March 2015
11 March 2015
Yorkshire poet and miner’s son Matt Abbott introduces a remarkable new album of poems and songs produced by the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign
Culture / 6 March 2015
6 March 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 27 February 2015
27 February 2015
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
Culture / 20 February 2015
20 February 2015
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Features / 18 February 2015
18 February 2015
Shocked at the levels of sexism and misogyny in the poetry world, Bournemouth poets Paul Hawkins and Simon McCormack set up Boscombe Revolution. Sarer Scotthorne and Paul Hawkins discuss their present and future plans
Culture / 13 February 2015
13 February 2015
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Culture / 12 February 2015
12 February 2015
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Culture / 10 February 2015
10 February 2015
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Culture / 30 January 2015
30 January 2015
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Culture / 23 January 2015
23 January 2015
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Culture / 23 January 2015
23 January 2015
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Culture / 22 January 2015
22 January 2015
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Culture / 21 January 2015
21 January 2015
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Culture / 15 January 2015
15 January 2015
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Culture / 6 January 2015
6 January 2015
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Culture / 19 December 2014
19 December 2014
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Culture / 12 December 2014
12 December 2014
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Culture / 4 December 2014
4 December 2014
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Culture / 25 November 2014
25 November 2014
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER
Culture / 20 November 2014
20 November 2014
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Culture / 19 November 2014
19 November 2014
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Culture / 13 November 2014
13 November 2014
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER
Culture / 6 November 2014
6 November 2014
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Culture / 3 November 2014
3 November 2014
STEVE ELY explains how a commission from the Poetry Society took him on a remarkable journey of momentous discovery and complex inspiration
Culture / 31 October 2014
31 October 2014
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Culture / 24 October 2014
24 October 2014
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER
Culture / 20 October 2014
20 October 2014
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Culture / 16 October 2014
16 October 2014
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Culture / 10 October 2014
10 October 2014
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER
Features / 8 October 2014
8 October 2014
PETER RAYNARD writes for Well Versed about his project to assemble a body of work that would encapsulate working-class lives - JODY PORTER
Culture / 8 October 2014
8 October 2014
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER
Culture / 8 October 2014
8 October 2014
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER
Culture / 5 October 2014
5 October 2014
Edited by JODY PORTER
Culture / 2 October 2014
2 October 2014
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Culture / 25 September 2014
25 September 2014
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER
Culture / 24 September 2014
24 September 2014
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Culture / 22 September 2014
22 September 2014
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Features / 19 September 2014
19 September 2014
ALAN MORRISON wrote Odour of Devon Violet to juxtapose the attitudes and politics of the 1930s with that of today’s Con-Dem austerity culture
Culture / 16 September 2014
16 September 2014
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Culture / 4 September 2014
4 September 2014
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Culture / 3 September 2014
3 September 2014
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER
Culture / 28 August 2014
28 August 2014
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