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An Interview with Jackie Kay

Join Jackie Kay as she reveals the musical influences on her award-winning poetry, and ...

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Ancestors Say Goodbye

by John Lyons

2:14 listening time

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Boy Friends

by Michael Rosen

1:08 listening time

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Brendon Gallacher

by Jackie Kay

2:07 listening time

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Checking Out Me History

by John Agard

2:16 listening time

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Double Trouble

by Jackie Kay

2:11 listening time

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Great-Grannie Mammie’s Sunday Food

by John Lyons

1:25 listening time

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Hauling in the Seine

by John Lyons

0:58 listening time

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I am Googol

by John Agard

2:17 listening time

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Ian McMillan

Ian McMillan (b. 1956) is one of the UK's best known contemporary poets. Aside from ...

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In-a Brixtan Markit

by James Berry

1:28 listening time

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Jackie Kay

Jackie was born in Scotland to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. Soon after she ...

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