Eight of the UK’s best poets and spoken word artists read out one of their works on ‘state of the nation’ themes. The artists discuss their work, the work of others, and how important poetry and spoken word is at uncertain times.

Naqoyqatsi
2002

Gilbert
2017

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017

Listen to Me Marlon
2015

Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now
2019

American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince
1978

Fuck
2006

Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes
2021

Capital in the Twenty-First Century
2019

Public Speaking
2011