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So, remember I wrote those poems from Radio 1? Well, they’ve both been on the air now so I figured I could post them up here for those who missed them. The subjects were Skins Vs Grange Hill and soaps. Not exactly my usual fare, but I attacked my task manfully. Here’s the Soaps one: Soaps And [...] Earlier this year Radio One very kindly asked me if I’d contribute some content to their Story of the Noughties series. On Monday they broadcast my first effort, a rant (in verse) about soaps. Jake Thackray said of his commissioned work: “I make a kind of living by writing a kind of song, [...] Been writing a new poem for the Lakeside Theatre in Colchester. This was my first effort, a villanelle, no less but it was rejected because apparantly the commissioners wanted something different. Anyway, it would be a shame for it to go to waste. Hope you like it: Colchester – the theatre on the Colne Colchester – the [...] Yo. So, last week I wrote four poems for the Beeb. Yes, four. You’ve seen the ones for Saturday Live already. The others were for a documentary Radio One are doing about pop culture over the last ten years. Which is why when I handed in the following poem about soaps it was [...] |
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