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We talk to Joelle Taylor fresh from her win last night of the 2021 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry for her collection of poems which explores her life as a lesbian.

2022 has three big cultural events in store: Unboxed, the Birmingham Arts Festival marking the Commonwealth Games and the Queen鈥檚 Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Samira is joined by the man behind two of them, Chief Creative Officer Martin Green. We also hear from 麻豆官网首页入口 News Culture Editor Katie Razzall, to unpack Unboxed, once dubbed the Festival of Brexit.

And Folk, currently playing at the Hampstead Theatre chronicles Cecil Sharp鈥檚 mission to preserve England鈥檚 rural folk music. Writer, Nell Leyshon and director, Roxana Silbert discuss the process of adapting this real life history for the stage.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Simon Richardson