I am convinced that the pop-punk giants who ruled the '90s and '00s produced lyrics to rival the titans of British Romantic verse. In this one-off gameshow, contestants need to separate John Keats from Jimmy Eat World, Samuel Taylor Coleridge from Sum-41, and Mary Robinson from Mayday Parade. Will they emerge fluent in the tongue of a romanticised but far-off revolution, or stumble back into the world as naïve as they were before? Find out on Pop Punk Poetry, where poetry readings and headbanging meet in a strange but beautiful union.
Every week, Lorna will have a different guest and book to discuss. We will debate literature, authors, poetry, plays and latest book recommendations. We may include live readings of student's work, both finished and in progress. Focusing mainly on speech, there will be a few funky tunes placed in too!