POET TONY WALSH ...BBC radio 4..LISTEN TO THIS..

I heard this on the radio this morning. It is an incredible conversation about EDUCATION, POETRY, CLASS, OPPORTUNITY, AND THE POWER OF CREATIVITY. Poet Tony Walsh talks to actress Julie Hesmondhalgh [Best known for her role in Coronation Street].
They simply discuss how they came to value writing and art and why the value of creativity is such a central feature of their lives. IT IS FANTASTIC.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009cd2

For Y13 this could link to Harrison and issues linked to working class culture and opportunity.. but really this is just two interesting people discussing the power of art.

TONY WALSH is best known for being the poet that presented his poem 'THIS IS THE PLACE' at the vigil organised to respect the victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PszMmYpQjPo

WATCH TONY PRESENT HIS POEM AND THEN TELL ME POETRY IS POINTLESS...
GO ON.. I DARE YOU. Check out the comments under the clip.

Some Dickens Resources....

Why you should read Dickens....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5czA_L_eOp4
LITERATURE...Charles Dickens..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9dB9BZWDBU&t=198s
Armando Iannucci...Dickens Documentary...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lZB6E0-yCk&t=256s

Radio....
In our Time...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00547hx
Big Issue article..Dickens is more relevant than ever..
https://www.bigissue.com/culture/charles-dickens-relevant-ever/
BBC Culture...Dickens
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20141216-why-the-world-loves-dickens

I think filmmmaker KEN LOACH is similar to Dickens as his films highlight social injustice and attack abuse of power....
Trailer for I Daniel Blake...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahWgxw9E_h4
KEN LOACH..Channel Four news debate with Tory MP..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V7Iaycp5IU
CATHY COME HOME....A KEY MOMENT IN TV history....This film inspired one individual..DES WILSON... to help form the homelessness charity 'SHELTER'...ART HELPING TO CHANGE THE WORLD IN A POSITIVE MANNER !!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xky8ZqhNAlo

GCSE Romeo and Juliet...

RSC...2018...Act 5 Scene 3...Juliet's death...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q6tOsnbUjI&t=116s

Jonathan Pie....Satire..

Jonathan Pie....Extinction Rebellion..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuCmdtcWKog
Stormzy on education..and opportunity...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-50005023