Poetry and war

In nearly four decades of reporting from war zones, Lindsey Hilsum - international editor of Britain's Channel 4 News - has always carried a book of poetry with her. I Brought The War With Me; Stories and Poems from the Front Line (Chatto & Windus, September 2024) comprises fifty stories from conflicts she has covered - from Rwanda to Kosovo, Libya, Syria, Ukraine and Gaza - each twinned with a selected poem. Lindsey will talk about how reading poetry has made her a better journalist - but also how poets bring depth and meaning that reporters cannot achieve.
Lindsey Hilsum will be interviewed by Kirsty Lang.

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