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Commonwealth Poetry Podcast, 72 episodes.

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A Commonwealth Farewell with Baroness Scotland

2

Next stop Nauru with Gem Dowiyogo

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Next Stop: Tonga with Anna Jane Lagi

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Revisiting Jamaica with Phleer Carter and Award Winning Poet Lorna Goodison

5

Meet the winners of the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2024

6

Exploring Papua New Guinea Through Poetry with Betty S. Chapau

7

Next Stop Fiji with Daren Kamali aka DKPoet

8

Remembrance Sunday Special Episode

9

‘The Story of an African Child’, discovering Sierra Leone with Vicky the Poet

10

Next stop Samoa with Audrey Brown-Pereira

11

Next Stop: Brunei Darussalam

12

Exploring South Africa with Nkateko Masinga

13

Exploring Grenada Through Poetry with Amy J.W. Jones

14

Next stop Mauritius with Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner Reena Usha Rungoo

15

Next stop The Kingdom of Eswatini with Njabulo N.

16

Queen Camilla and the Commonwealth Poetry Podcast

17

Next stop Vanuatu with Rebecca Tobo Olul-Hossen

18

Returning to Zambia

19

Next Stop Togo with Dr Patron Henekou

20

‘Poetry is the language of the heart’ – Discovering Tanzania with Neema Komba

21

Next stop Kenya with poet and author Njeri Wangari

22

Next stop Botswana with Barolong Seboni

23

Next Stop Zambia with Dambisa Moyo

24

Next stop The Bahamas with Marion Bethel

25

Exploring Malawi with poet and activist Tendai Shaba

26

Next stop Barbados with spoken word poet Cyndi Celeste

27

Next Stop Namibia with activist-poet Keamogetsi Joseph Molapong

28

Next stop St Vincent and the Grenadines with spoken word poet Philip Nanton

29

Celebrating a ‘Youth Powered Commonwealth’ with Ayesha Dharker, Joanna Lumley, Meera Syal and Sanjeev Bhaskar.

30

Celebrating Christmas with seasonal poems from around the Commonwealth

31

How poetry changed my life, a special episode with Jaspreet Kaur

32

The “Kingdom of the Sky” with Rethabile Masilo

33

In Conversation with Award Winning Indian Poet Sudeep Sen

34

Next stop Antigua & Barbuda with Joy Lawrence OH

35

Exploring Ghana and its poetry with Apiorkor

36

Next stop, The Gambia - the smallest country in West Africa, bringing you some amazing poetry

37

Exploring Wales and its poetry with Sioned Wiliam

38

Bees and Poetry!

39

Discovering Singapore and its poetry with Eric Tinsay Valles

40

Next stop Bangladesh with Mozammel Hossain KC

41

Exploring Dominica and it’s Poetry with Anella D Shillingford

42

Next stop Malaysia with award winning poet Bernice Chauly

43

Talking poetry, the Commonwealth & a cat called Attlee with The Speaker of the House of Commons

44

Celebrating Fathers & Poetry

45

Discovering St Lucia and its Poetry with Kendel Hippolyte

46

Next stop Jamaica with award winning poet Lorna Goodison

47

Discovering Uganda ‘The Pearl of Africa’ with Patricia Kabuleeta

48

Exploring Mozambique and its poetry

49

Next stop Solomon Islands with Honorary Consul John Freeman

50

Talking Poetry and Pakistan

51

Walking Around the Commonwealth with Hugo Vickers and Jim Walker

52

Discovering Malta and its Poetry with the Maltese High Commissioner

53

Next stop Sri Lanka with Danny Sriskandarajah, CEO of Oxfam UK

54

Discovering Tuvalu with H.E. Dr Sir Iftikhar Ayaz

55

Exploring New Zealand with former High Commissioner to the UK – His Excellency Bede Corry

56

Celebrating the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition Winners with special guests Geri Horner, Alexandra Burke and  Ayesha Dharker

57

Next Stop Trinidad & Tobago for a Christmas Day Special Episode with Floella Benjamin

58

Exploring Canada and its poetry with Dr Theresa Muñoz

59

Next stop Nigeria with Booker Prize winning author and poet Ben Okri

60

Their name liveth for evermore – an interview with HRH The Duke of Kent for Remembrance Sunday

61

Exploring the Maldives and its poetry

62

Next stop Seychelles with dub poet Raspyek

63

Next stop Kiribati with a song or two!

64

Discovering Belize – “a place of love, joy and sunshine” – with poet Felene Cayetano

65

Exploring Australia and its poetry

66

Next stop Guyana with award winning poet Grace Nichols

67

Discovering Cyprus and its Epic poetry

68

Discovering St Kitts & Nevis with 'the snapshot' poet H.E. Dr Kevin Isaac

69

Next stop Cameroon

70

Exploring Rwanda and its poetry

71

The Journey Begins with HRH The Duchess of Cornwall

72

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