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Tony Harrison Interview at Edinburgh Filmhouse in 2018
Scottish Poetry Library Podcast
1 hour 12 minutes
1 month ago
Tony Harrison Interview at Edinburgh Filmhouse in 2018
On Monday 19th November 2018 the poet Tony Harrison took part in a special event at Edinburgh Filmhouse. It was a rare public appearance from harrison which consisted of a conversation with his friend and collaborator Peter Symes, intercut with screeings of Harrison's film poems. These film poems hadn't been seen in public since they were originally screened on BBC and Channel 4 in the 80s and 90s.
The event was organised by the Scottish Poetry Library in partnership with Edinburgh Filmhouse. The discussion, including the extracts from the film poems was recorded and the audio has been digitised as part of the SPL's extensive archive. The recording quality wasn't great but thanks to the tech we have at out disposal we've managed to clean up the audio, get rid of most background noises. So here for the first time, in podcast format, is the full discussion between Tony Harrison and Peter Symes, with the film poem extracts left in. Enjoy.
Scottish Poetry Library Podcast
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