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Poetry Performance: Betsey Trotwood Christmas All-Dayer

December 14, 2014 @ 14:00

 
The Betsey Trotwood

56 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3BL London, United Kingdom

 
 

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The annual festive poemetry bonanza.
 
Xmas Rapping / 20 poets write new poems based on sections of The Times (details below) / Quiz / poems from this year’s Best British Poetry / turns from Porky the Poet, Jane Yeh, Sofie Hagen, Spak Whitman, Alice Walker, Emily Harrison, and the Lah De Dahs.

The bar will be open all day, there will be presents and Christmas cracker jokes.

Join us for a tipple at 2pm. No door pressure.
Dress: festive

The Times event – participants

Kate Potts – Word Watch 
Tim Wells – Letters to the Editor
Natacha Bryan – Travel Doctor 
Abigail Parry – Six of the Best
Katherine Lockton – A Good Walk
Sam Prince – Outside
Kate Wakeling – Foreign News
John Canfield – On This Day 
Jon Stone – Times 2 Crossword
John Clegg – Body and Soul
Zack Xu – Quiz
Ali Lewis – Bridge 
Ann Macaulay – Dinner Tonight 
David Cairns – Results and Fixtures
Kate Hall – Film Review
Diana Pooley – Radio Choice
Sarah Wedderburn – Today’s Birthdays
James Trevelyan – Cricket Reports
Barbara Barnes – Theatre Review
Mark Waldron – City People

Christmas Rapping – Claire Trevien, Laurie Bolger, Chimene Suleyman, Sarah Fletcher, Aki Schilz, Abi Palmer, The Big J, Niall O’Sullivan,

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Details

Date:
December 14, 2014
Time:
14:00

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