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Wordsworth: Experiments in Living at Contains Strong Language
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The Verb comes from Grasmere to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Wordsworth's birth.
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    Wordsworth: Experiments in Living at Contains Strong Language
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Contains Strong Language Highlights
Contains Strong Language Highlights
Spoken word highlights from the UK's biggest festival of poetry and performance.

More from 2020

  • Contains Strong Language - Live
    Contains Strong Language - Live
    Relive the celebration of spoken word and highlights from the Contains Strong Language festival in Cumbria.
    26 Sep 2020
  • Christabel by Candlelight
    Christabel by Candlelight
    Kate Clanchy’s stunning take on Christabel combines music and beat-boxing to bring Coleridge’s unfinished work to life, performed by flickering candlelight and recorded for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds.
  • Introducing CSL 2020
    Introducing CSL 2020
    All you need to know about the festival behind over 20 events in Cumbria over three days, as leading poets and world class spoken word artists take to the stage.
  • Emergency
    Emergency
    Jacob Polley tells BBC Radio Cumbria about his play Emergency, which focuses on climate change, flooding and connecting with the past.
    26 Sep 2020
  • 2020 Line-up
    2020 Line-up
    Browse the line-up for three days of spoken word events with details of coverage on BBC Sounds, BBC iPlayer and here on the website.
  • Ticket info for Barrow events
    Ticket info for Barrow events
    Visit The Forum, Barrow's website for ticketing information on: Bones; The Verb on Sunday; and Sunday's Triple Bill: Kate Fox – Bigger on the Inside; Luke Wright on Barrow; AND Luke Wright & Cobbler – Better Off.
    27 Sep 2020
  • Radio Cumbria at CSL 2020
    Radio Cumbria at CSL 2020
    Listen to Saturday's programme as Radio Cumbria hosted poets from Contains Strong Language throughout the day.
    26 Sep 2020
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