Contains Strong Language, Live from Coventry

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Luke Wright is joined by poets from Coventry at the Contains Strong Language Festival.

Luke Wright discovers Coventry through the eyes of poets and writers who’ve been inspired by the city - including Pauline Black, Amanda Dalton, Liz Berry and Emilie Lauren Jones.

At the Contains Strong Language Festival, Luke Wright discovers Coventry through the eyes of poets and writers who’ve been inspired by the city.

His guests include Pauline Black, founding member of 2 Tone band 'The Selecter' who were formed in Coventry in 1979, playwright and poet Amanda Dalton who grew up in Coventry, Liz Berry who has been commissioned to write a response to London Road Cemetery, and Emilie Lauren Jones, who finds the language of Coventry's industrial story entering her work.

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