Sound Relative

Small Prophets BBC2 2026

Created, Written and Directed by Mackenzie Crook

Starring Michael Sleep and Lauren Patel

I watched this after hearing Frank Skinner bigging it up on his Frank Off The Radio podcast.

Get out walking…

If you need a change To whom will you turn.

If you need a lesson From whom will you learn.

If you need to play You’ll know why I say

People will always Need people.

Be mindful of who you trust with your vulnerabilities. Sharing your weaknesses with the wrong people can leave you open to hurt and exploitation. Be cautious about who you confide in.

Don't dwell on past mistakes. Instead, use them as opportunities to learn and grow. Don't give others the power to define you by your failures

Chris Evans

#radio production #broadcasting

‘Bilston’s work is a fresh reminder that poems needn’t focus solely on broken-heartedness or be hopelessly oblique. Sometimes they can just be fun. Brian Bilston writes fun poems.’

‘Tim Key’s poetry could be classified as a sort of absurdist flash fiction. The poems often contain characters, have some sort of rising action, and pay off the reader with a good laugh.’

‘According to his website, Austin Kleon “is a writer that draws”. And draw he does–chiefly in notebooks’

‘Kristiana Reeds’ poems, unlike many of her contemporaries’, can’t be pigeon-holed into one topic. One day she’ll post a poem about a conversation in line at the pharmacy, then the next could be about soap-mohawks in the bath.

In a time when it seems 99 percent of Instagram poetry is nothing more than self-help clichés with line breaks, reading a poem that tackles the same issues without seeming quite so maudlin is like breathing a pocket of fresh air in a peat bog.’

#original #poets #love4thecraft