Sean Lìonadh - Govan Docks, Glasgow

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Poet Sean Lìonadh revisits the Govan Docks on the River Clyde. Once a thriving centre of Glasgow’s shipbuilding heritage, the huge concrete basins have been abandoned since 1988. Through poetry and reflection, Sean uncovers how the docks shaped his community, what their decay reveals about change and loss, and how new waves of gentrification stir complex feelings of identity and home. The series Empty Spaces explores the beauty and melancholy of abandoned places that still hold meaning. Each episode invites a poet to inhabit one site of their choosing and breathe imagination, memory, and lyricism back into the surroundings via poetry. Producer: Sean Allsop Executive Producer: Leonie Thomas Sound Mix: Mike Woolley An Overcoat Media production for BBC Radio 3