‘Among Communists’: Belfast poet, Sinéad Morrisey tells her family and political story
Belfast poet, Sinéad Morrisey, was brought up in a Communist family. Hers was a childhood lived in the little world created by the party, a world apart from others and from the Troubles.
It involved smoke-filled rooms, endless meetings, and dreams of a future utopia – coupled with a belief that e…
Sinéad Morrisey
This week, Frank screams the praises of Sinéad Morrissey’s Beatlemania poems. The book referenced is ‘On Balance’. The poems referenced are ‘The Millihelen’ and ‘Perfume’.
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Something New
Ian McMillan is joined by poets Michael Symmons Roberts, Kate Fox, Jacob Polley and sound designer Amanda Priestley to celebrate the rich variety of new poetry commissions written for the BBC's centenary year. The show includes work from the Sound First scheme (Radio 3 and BBC Contains Strong Langu…
Sinead Morrisey
Each year, our Durham Book Festival Laureate takes part in Durham Book Festival, works with young people in local schools and students at Durham University, and writes an original commission inspired by County Durham.
Here Sinead Morrisey reads from her specially commisioned poem.
Podcast: Backstage: Episode #16 Going Solo
PODCAST: Backstage: Episode #16 Going Solo
Angela Hewitt, Matthew Halsall, Sinead Morrisey and Amy Thatcher are our guests appearing in this “Going Solo” themed episode.
Working collaboratively is all well and good, but sometimes we do our best work on our own, unhindered by conflicting viewpoin…
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