Welcome to the Poet in the City Events page.
You'll be able to find details about previous and upcoming events including audio and video content.
Events are listed by date with the latest event first
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17th Jun 2010Poets Who Made Nations
Poet in the City and the National Portrait Gallery presented an evening exploring the role of poets and thinkers in the actual creation of the idea of a nation, in some cases before that nation actually existed.
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07th Jun 2010Oral Epic Poetry
Some of the world's greatest poetic cultures have been unwritten, including the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, some of the foundation myths of our own culture. This event explored the nature of oral poetry, how it differs from literary written culture, and what is lost when it is written down.
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29th Apr 2010Courtly Love
Organised jointly by Poet in the City and Asian Music Circuit, this amazing event celebrated Indian music, poetry and dance from the palaces of the Maharajahs.
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28th Apr 2010Feast on Words
Poet in the City and New Audiences presented an exciting evening of food poetry in collaboration with UCL Food Junctions at the Kings Cross Reveal Festival.
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19th Apr 2010John Keats
This spectacular evening marked the recent restoration of Keats’ House in Hampstead, where he wrote some of his most famous works and met the love of his life, Fanny Brawne.