July 1 A Day at Heptonstall Festival – An Evening with Simon Armitage

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Chicken curry and a pint of Wainwright’s

 

 

In the evening I attended this: Enjoy the varied poetic styles and voices of Simon Armitage, Patience Agbabi, Jacob Polley, Kei Miller, Zaffar Kunial and Clare Shaw in Haworth’s Old School Room. This not-to-be-missed experience is open to all! I even got to hang out with three of the poets and the Bronte Parsonage outreach staff in the White Lion afterwards.

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The Old school room built by Patrick Bronte for Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell to teach the village children.

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Simon Armitage sat directly in front of me.

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Kei Miller in action

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Simon Armitage reading his poetry.

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Oh, my dream came true!

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With  poets Kei Miller, Zaffar Kunial and Patience Agbabi and the outreach staff after the readings

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A caption I helped to write last year!

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The ‘new’ church, Heptonstall

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The English countryside . . .

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. . . .in all its glory

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How sweet

1 Comment

  1. Sarah

    They had such good weather!

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