Words InterviewsYou are in: Bradford and West Yorkshire > Entertainment > Words > Interviews  Ted Hughes' childhood pal Donald Crossley's been finding out how his poetry is rooted in Calderdale.  We discover how poetry legend Ted Hughes was deeply influenced by the Calder Valley landscape.  We've been finding out just why Marsden poet Simon Armitage is West Yorkshire through-and-through!  Dewsbury author David Peace may live in Tokyo, but he's not forgotten his West Yorkshire roots...  Medieval murder and mayhem at Sandal Castle have been recreated by Wakefield's Keith Souter!  When Paula in Ponte told us about a poem she'd written for her daughter we had to find out more...  Find out why Sowerby Bridge author Leigh Smith's real life story is even stranger than fiction!  From school outcast to West Yorkshire wordsmith, Bradford's Michael Stewart says persistence pays!  Poet Ian McMillan reveals all about how to talk Tyke, West Yorkshire-style: "It's a mill thing!"  We caught up with poet Roger McGough ahead of a visit to Bradford and found he had a lot to say!  Ian Clayton's been all around the world on his musical travels but still calls Featherstone home...  Joanne Harris, author of 'Chocolat', explains what it means to be one of Huddersfield's ambassadors! You are in: Bradford and West Yorkshire > Entertainment > Words > Interviews |
