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The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage is a former probation officer, DJ and poet celebrated for his witty and profound take on modern life. He writes in the shed in his garden, and in this podcast he invites guests to join him to talk about poetry, creativity, music, art, sheds, sherry and the countryside.

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The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed
Introducing… Young Again from 2023-11-16T07:00

Kirsty Young takes her guests back to meet their younger selves and asks the question: if you knew then, what you know now... what would you tell yourself?

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Julie Hesmondhalgh from 2023-03-26T16:00

Julie Hesmondhalgh was born in Accrington in Lancashire and currently lives within a short drive of Simon Armitage's shed over the hills. She has won many awards for her acting performances and...

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Glyn Maxwell from 2023-03-19T17:00

Glyn Maxwell grew up in Welwyn Garden City, which is where his conversation with Simon Armitage in the shed begins. His mother was in the original stage production of Under Milk Wood, so the you...

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Olive Senior from 2023-03-12T17:00

Olive Senior gets the prize as the guest who has travelled the furthest to join Simon Armitage in his writing shed in West Yorkshire. Born in rural Jamaica in Cockpit County, Olive currently liv...

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Loyle Carner from 2023-03-05T17:00

Loyle Carner talks to Simon Armitage in his own creative 'shed' - Hackney Road studios in London where he spend much of lockdown writing and also recorded his latest acclaimed album Hugo. Th...

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Pam Ayres from 2023-02-26T17:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink, waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangement...

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Simon Dobson from 2023-02-19T17:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink , waiting for inspiration to strike, our current poet laureate, Simon Armitage, has a more mundane and domestic arrangem...

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Lucy Beaumont from 2023-02-12T17:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink, waiting for inspiration to strike, our current poet laureate, Simon Armitage, has a more mundane and domestic arrangeme...

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Ian McKellen from 2023-02-05T17:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink , waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangemen...

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Series 3 Preview – The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed from 2023-01-30T16:15

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage talks to guests about life, creativity and music in his shed

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HRH Prince Charles from 2021-08-28T19:00

For a special finale to the current series, Simon Armitage travels to Wales to talk to HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales in his Welsh home, Llwynywermod, in Llandovery. Swapping his shed i...

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Sabrina Verjee from 2021-08-21T19:00

Sabrina Verjee works as a vet in The Lake District., but she is also a champion fell runner. She has recently has broken the Wainwrights record, successfully completing all of Cumbria’s 214 pea...

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John Tiffany from 2021-08-14T19:00

John Tiffany a multi award-winning theatre director is from the same village in West Yorkshire as Simon Armitage. They both grew up watching their parents in amateur dramatic shows in the Mar...

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Gillian Burke from 2021-08-07T19:00

Gillian Burke is best known to us as a presenter of the 'Watch' television series - Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch .She talks to Simon Armitage about her childhood in Kenya where she ...

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Jo Whiley from 2021-07-31T19:00

Jo Whiley tells of her unsure beginnings in the world of broadcasting when she comes to the shed this week. A chance conversation with a lecturer when she was at university led to a job on BBC...

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JK Rowling from 2021-07-24T19:00

Joanne Rowling, known as JK Rowling, is known globally for writing one of the best selling book series in history. Harry Potter and his classmates now have their firm place in the collective im...

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Imtiaz Dharker from 2021-07-17T19:00

Poet Imtiaz Dharker was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Her family moved to Glasgow when she was less than one year old. A fine artist and film maker, she has won the Queen’s Gold Medal for he...

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Amanda Owen from 2021-07-10T19:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink and waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangem...

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Johnny Marr from 2021-07-03T19:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink and waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangem...

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Series 2 Preview – The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed from 2021-06-25T06:00

The Poet Laureate Simon Armitage returns for a second series of his podcast.

From his wooden shed in the garden, surrounded on all sides by the Pennine Hills and the Pennine weather, this ...

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Simon Armitage from 2020-05-27T05:00

The Poet Laureate has gone to his shed on his own this week. Simon Armitage can't ask any guests to join him in his writing shed in West Yorkshire due to the Coronavirus. So he sits in the moonl...

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Chris Packham from 2020-05-20T05:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink and waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangem...

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Laura Ashe from 2020-05-13T04:00

Professor Laura Ashe is a historian of English medieval literature, history and culture . She lectures in English at Oxford University. At this point in his translation of the poem The Owl and ...

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Jackie Kay from 2020-05-06T05:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink and waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangem...

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Judge Melanie Plimmer from 2020-04-29T05:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink and waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangem...

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Sam Lee from 2020-04-22T05:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink and waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangem...

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Lily Cole from 2020-04-15T05:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink and waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangem...

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Antony Gormley from 2020-04-08T05:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink and waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangem...

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Maxine Peake from 2020-04-01T05:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink and waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangem...

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Testament from 2020-03-25T06:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink, waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangement...

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Kate Tempest from 2020-03-18T06:00

As someone who has been successful in many different genres, when Kate Tempest has an idea, how does she decide what it will be? In Simon Armitage's wooden writing shed in the garden, surrounded...

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Guy Garvey from 2020-03-11T06:00

If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink and waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangem...

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The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed
Welcome to The Poet Laureate Has Gone To His Shed from 2020-03-04T06:00

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage is a former probation officer, DJ and a poet celebrated for his witty and profound take on modern life. In this podcast, he invites guests to join him in the writi...

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