"Jackie Kay" (9 results)

Blethering Scots | Jackie Kay reads ‘Old Tongue’

Blethering Scots | Jackie Kay reads ‘Old Tongue’

Old Tongue | BBC Two | 2011 | 3'49''

Jackie Kay discusses her love of the Scots language and reads her poem 'Old Tongue'.

In My Own Words | Jackie Kay

In My Own Words | Jackie Kay

BBC One | 2024 | 45'00''

One of Britian’s most loved poets, Jackie Kay, on how her powerful work draws from her life’s journey, considering race, gender and identity wit...

Beyond Burns | Jackie Kay on Scottishness and her influences

Beyond Burns | Jackie Kay on Scottishness and her influences

BBC Scotland | 2021 | 1'52''

Jackie Kay considers her influences and the influence she has had on others.

My Life in Verse | Jackie Kay

My Life in Verse | Jackie Kay

BBC Two | 2009 | 4'01''

Jackie Kay talks about the inspiration for her writing.

Beyond Burns | Jackie Kay’s role as the Makar

Beyond Burns | Jackie Kay’s role as the Makar

BBC Scotland | 2021 | 2'58''

Jackie Kay talks about being the Scots Makar, the National Poet for Scotland

Beyond Burns

Beyond Burns

BBC Scotland | 2021 | 58'00''

Scots Makar Jackie Kay looks at the lives of some of the extraordinary, and often overlooked, poets that Scotland has produced and how they have told, and conti...

Learning Zone | Poetry: Between the Lines

Learning Zone | Poetry: Between the Lines

BBC Two | 29'33''

Presented by hip-hop star Akala, Poetry: Between the Lines features contemporary poets including Jackie Kay, Gillian Clarke and Cia...

Word on the Street | London

Word on the Street | London

BBC Radio 4 | 2003 | 27'51''

Jackie Kay travels to London to meet poets Mimi Khavati, born in Tehran, and Choman Hardi, who cam to England from Southern Kurdistan in 1993. Bo...

My Life in Verse | The importance of poetry

My Life in Verse | The importance of poetry

BBC Two | 2009 | 1'51''

Jackie Kay and Malorie Blackman talk about why poetry is so important.
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