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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Sophie Sparham crafts a poem around stories told to Anna Scott-Brown on a bench in the centre of Derby - from deafness to Windrush, homelessness and football. Show more
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Jen Hadfield crafts a poem around conversations with Anna Scott-Brown on a bench in Hamnovoe, Shetland. Artists and fishermen, newcomers and old-timers share memories and stories. Show more
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Anna Scott-Brown sits on a bench in Ilford hearing stories of a diverse and yet cohesive borough, celebrating difference and resilience, complemented in a poem by Hussain Manawer. Show more
A specially commissioned poem by Katrina Porteous intertwines stories told to Anna Scott-Brown on a bench overlooking the harbour in the fishing village of Beadnell, Northumberland. Show more
The Zimbabwean-born, Leeds-raised poet Zodwa Nyoni explores stories of belonging and identity, gathered by Anna Scott-Brown in conversations on a bench in Potternewton Park. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Falmouth’s Conversations on a Bench creates a counter-intuitive picture of Cornwall through conversations of love, death and poverty, complemented by a poem by Penelope Shuttle. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Maureen Boyle crafts a poem around stories told to Anna Scott-Brown on a bench in Strabane on the Irish Border - from personal loss to the Troubles, history, Brexit and Irishness. Show more
A specially commissioned poem by Owen Sheers intertwines stories told to Anna Scott-Brown on a bench in Mumbles overlooking Swansea Bay and the threatened Tata Steelworks. Show more
Janette Ayachi crafts a poem around the stories of hope and pain, told by locals and newcomers who sit with Anna Scott-Brown on an often wet bench in Edinburgh's Inverleith Park. Show more
Sarah Howe crafts a poem around stories of hope and home, family and food, told by migrants and British-born Chinese sitting with Anna Scott-Brown on a bench in London's Chinatown. Show more
A new poem by Andrew McMillan echoes remarkable life stories told to Anna Scott-Brown on a bench beside Manchester's gay village in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing. Show more
