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Tell & See: National Poetry Day 2020 visionary poetry resource
Explore Diamonds by Evelyn Byrne, a commended poem in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2019 with the help of shiny fish, and celebrate this year s National Poetry Day, with the theme of Vision. Download
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Eco-poetry National Poetry Competition writing resource from Pascale Petit
Explore two National Poetry Competition prize-winning poems that address ecological themes with poet, teacher and former NPC judge Pascale Petit.
This resource was commissioned by The Poetry Society as part of the 2020 National Poetry Competition. We recommend this resource is used for KS5 and older.
Manchester City of Literature is heading leads a creative lockdown festival of 18 virtual events from partners across the city The two week long celebration is centred around UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day (IMLD), which is takes place globally on 21 February. Manchester’s fourth annual IMLD event
(16-28th February, 2021) is a collaborative celebration of the city’s impressive cultural diversity which sees almost 200 languages spoken, making it the ‘UK’s language capital’ and likely to be the most linguistically diverse city in Europe, according to research by the University of Manchester. The 18 events, suitable for all generations, take in poetry, translation, community identity and international connections, including link ups with other UNESCO Creative Cities, and are delivered by Manchester City of Literature’s network of libraries, cultural venues, community groups, universities, schools, poets and writers.
Social issues highlighted
January 31, 2021
Rawalpindi: A funny stage play entitled ‘Mr Half Fry’ was presented under the auspices of Punjab Council of the Arts to highlight different social issues through humour and comedy which creates unrest in society.
The play was written by senior artist Anjum Malik and directed by Shahzada Ghaffar.
The caste include Rizwana Khan, Saleem Afandi, Sapna Shah, Shahzada Ghaffar, Hameed Babar, Hina Gul, Anjum Malik, Sajjad Ahmed, Haji Qayyum, Shahzad Pappu, and others played wonder role in the play which was appreciated by the people.
The aim of the play was to provide a neat and clean entertainment facility to the people of twin cities.