Podcast appearances and mentions of mike garry

Thomas McCarthy remembers Paul Durcan - Don't Anger the Gods - L'elisir d'amore - Mike Garry

Mancunian poet Mike Garry joined Eoin Sheahan in studio for an in-depth discussion on football, art, Kneecap and poetry. The Football Show with William Hill Ireland.

Today's episode features multi-talented Mancunian poet Mike Garry. Mike began by reading his own poems to the hundreds of young people who attended his Library Homework Centre. They loved what they heard and encouraged him to perform them at live poetry events and Slams, which he did, instantly winning fans and prizes throughout the UK. His gritty poetry has won admiration far and wide and his collaboration with Joe Duddell and New Order in New Yorks Carnegie Hall in 2014 received five-star reviews. Championed by Philip Glass for whom Mike has written a libretto that premiered at the 2015 Days and Nights Festival in The Big Sur. Mike has worked in thousands of schools and his three books, Men's Morning, Mancunian Meander and God is a Manc have become schemes of work in schools throughout the UK and his poetry is regularly heard on BBC Radio and TV. Ladies and gentlemen – prepare to be entertained – meet Mike Garry... If you can, please consider supporting the Electronically Yours podcast via my Patreon: patreon.com/electronicallyours

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An Audience with TORIA GARBUTT The CAT Club's 'Sunday Showdown' presented the extraordinary ‘High Priestess of The Spoken Word,' TORIA GARBUTT in a brutally honest conversation, followed by a stunning performance. Gary ‘Guestlist' Lethbridge was in the interviewers' chair. Since bursting onto the scene in 2014, Toria Garbutt has been a regular tour support for Dr John Cooper Clarke, most recently on his ‘Luckiest Guy Alive' tour on which Toria performed extensively at venues across the UK and Europe.   In 2016, Toria released her début album 'Hot Plastic Moon' with spoken word label Nymphs and Thugs and in 2018 her début poetry collection ‘The Universe and Me' was published by Wrecking ball press. Toria's second collection 'Another Time in Space' was published in December 2022. Toria's words have also been featured in Not Too Tame's Northern Souls show at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, and recently in The Guardian for their feature on The Rise and Rise of the New Poets.  In September 2021, Toria featured on the front cover and centrefold of The Big Issue North.  She was recently interviewed by Chis Hawkins on Radio 6 for National Poetry Day, and appeared on Radio 3's The Verb, with Ian McMillan and Radio 4's Front Row with Nick Ahad, as part of BBC's Contains Strong Language festival.   Toria is currently writing Funerals for Birds, a radio drama about her experience of addiction. “Toria Garbutt is Saturday Night Sunday Morning in one woman and in our lifetime, we are lucky to have her. Glorious, brutal, sharp, and tender. She has written an extraordinary love letter to us all.” Salena Godden “Toria Garbutt is a beacon of a poet whose work draws us all together, closer to safety. Political, irreverent, warm, and necessary her performances are the stuff of legend. Superb.” Joelle Taylor “Joan Jett and Patti Smith's better-looking kid sister.” John Cooper Clarke “Powerful, accessible, intelligent, and musical. Just about all the things I love in a poet.” Benjamin Zephaniah “Toria has a unique skill of wrapping an audience up in her arms and making them feel that everything is gunna be alright.” Mike Garry "A sage and a seer." Ian McMillan This event took place on 21st January 2024 in the Pigeon Loft at The Robin Hood, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. To find out more about the CAT Club please visit: www.thecatclub.co.uk This podcast has been edited for content and for copyright reasons. Happy Trails.

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This week Kelly-Anne drops new releases from Brittany Howard, Lovebirds, The Pet Shop Boys, Orbital, David Holmes, Mike Garry & DJ Helen. The show also features classics from Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Grace Jones, Talking Heads, New Order and The Human League. Tune into new broadcasts of The Beat Goes On, LIVE, Friday from 2 - 4 PM EST 7 - 9 PM GMT.For more info visit: https://thefaceradio.com/the-beat-goes-on//Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly-Anne drops tunes from UNKLE, Crazy P, Orange Juice, Gregory Porter, Quincy Jones, Orbital, David Holmes, Mike Garry & DJ Helen. The show also features 3-In-A-Row from Air's outstanding Moon Safari to celebrate them coming to Trinity College this summer. This show was first broadcast on the 15th of February, 2024For more info and tracklisting, visit: https://thefaceradio.com/the-beat-goes-onTune into new broadcasts of The Beat Goes On, LIVE, Friday from 2 - 4 PM EST 7 - 9 PM GMT.Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Edición Limitada - 12 de Febrero del 2024. Selección, producción, realización y conducción: Francisco J. Brenes. Presentando música de Lee "Scratch" Perry featuring Shaun Ryder, Nadine Shah, Porij, Softcult, The Smile, Marika Hackman, Torres, The Umbrellas, Umphrey's Mcgee & Huey Lewis, Strfkr, Pylon Reenactment Society, Painted Shield, Newdad, The Last Dinner Party, The Libertines, The Rhythm Method, The Zutons, The Sweet Kill, Porno For Pyros, The Lemonheads, Modern English, Superchunk, Liam Gallagher & John Squire, Lost Frequencies & Bastille, Shed Seven, Low Girl, Paramore, Ride, Whitelands featuring Dottie, Wisp, Nation Of Language, Gruff Rhys, Yard Act, Twin Tribes, Pet Shop Boys, Poison Point, Tinlicker, Maps, TR/ST, Orbital, David Holmes & Dj Helen featuring Mike Garry y Underworld X Kettama.

Mike Garry is a son, a brother, a dad, a businessman, a podcaster, a friend to many, and he's my guest for The Wayne Gretzky Episode, a.k.a., #99.Mike and I connected via a pair of mutuals, and sitting down to chat with him about his journey was a pleasure and a treat.We talked about The Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, microdosing, life, family, and his adventures with the Let Freedom Trip podcast.And of course we talked about music, which included a few of Mike's favorite records:Harvest (1972), Neil YoungPearl Jam's Vs (1993)The Bends (1995), RadioheadWilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)As part of the Neil Young portion of our conversation, I need to add a few notes:1) Tim Drummond plays bass on that record.2) Harvest has features by James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and The London Symphony Orchestra!3) The Neil Young/Lynyrd Skynyrd thing is nicely summed up here.So, that's that. Please check out our chat and Mike's podcast. Next up: triple digits!copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the audio samples contained in this episode. They are snippets from a tune called, "Why Don't You Quit" by Eddie Harris off his 1970 release, Come On Down! (c/o Atlantic Recording Corp. manufactured by Warner Strategic Marketing).

This week Noah is joined by Mike Garry who has led his sales team to over $2 million in wholesale profit!   You can see Mike's business website HERE.   Ready to start living a life of financial freedom? book a call with me and let's create a game plan for you.  https://calendly.com/chasing-freedom-realestate/1-on-1-call   Want more from Chasing Freedom? Make sure to follow Noah @noahevans_realestate and check out our website ChasingFreedomRE.com And book a call with me to learn more about how we can work together! https://calendly.com/chasing-freedom-rei/book-a-call-with-noah-evans Also, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review. If you like watching our episodes, make sure to subscribe to our Youtube Channel.

The Equinox is a time of change, and at a special recording for Radio 3's After Dark Festival, The Verb's master of metamorphosis Ian McMillan presents a plethora of poets from Sage Gateshead. Our contribution to this major new live music festival, it's a feast of contemporary, classical and experimental music too and you can find out more searching "After Dark Festival" in BBC Sounds. We'll have live performances from Mike Garry bringing a flavour of Manchester to the North East and we'll also be joined by local lad Rowan McCabe - who described his "door-to-door" poetry service as "like the Avon lady but with rhymes." And we'll have a performance from the ever eclectic Kate Fox as well as John Challis and Tahmina Ali. If you like your poetry live and loud The Verb at the After Dark Festival has got you covered. Presented by Ian McMillan Produced by Kevin Core

Kaylee Clark speaks to Mike Garry about reading and using poetry in the classroom. 

Check out This weeks guests amazing artwork here and follow him on instagram here (while you can)Check out Heroin Skateboards here Follow Mixtapes With Mike on Instagram here... Support Mixtapes With Mike on Patreon hereCheck out Tim & Gends Weekend podcast here... Listen to this weeks mixtape on Apple Music here…https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/mixtapes-with-mike-fos/pl.u-yZyVlLVFyy6qGListen to this weeks mixtape on Spotify here...https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2tGeHqh95J4hHnvZuvuVzh?si=KmsmfxjDSWyM4GCcNRfGGA&dl_branch=1As always the music discussed is played below the conversation as I believe that all musicians should be paid for what they do. This is why a purposely point the listener towards the mixtape on streaming platforms and implore you to support your local record shop by seeking out the physical releases of anything you discover through this podcast, I recommend Black Circle Recordshttps://blackcirclerecords.co.ukHeavy Pop  5:34 WU LYF Waterfall (Remastered)  4:39 The Stone Roses Jockey Full of Bourbon  2:46 Tom Waits Jubilee Street (Live from Sydney Opera House)  7:50 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Whistlin' Past the Graveyard  3:37 Screamin' Jay Hawkins St Anthony: An Ode to Anthony H Wilson  6:06 Mike Garry & Joe Duddell Sports  3:58 Viagra Boys The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet (Remastered) Rock 0 5 The Salaminizer  3:36 GWAR Dracula  2:03 Arthur J. Reptilian Boy

In this podcast with Mike Garry, we focus on the importance and value of expressing our language through poetry. In a truly illuminating conversation, where Mike also kindly reads two poems aloud, we get into a whole range of discussion points about the importance of reading and language, his work with thousands of kids a year, and finding empathy, knowledge and understanding through poetry. I'd imagine this will stick with me for a while - thanks for your time Mike! Listen here! Mike Garry was a librarian for 15 years before becoming a poet. Mike became a “Champion Reader” recognized for his work in promoting reading to young people. His poetry career began when he started to read his poems to the hundreds of young people he worked with during study sessions. They loved what they heard and encouraged him to perform at live poetry events and Slams, which he did, instantly winning prizes throughout the UK. Mike started performing his poems in Prisons, Young Offenders units, Mental Health Hospitals, Children's Homes and local pubs. Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays recently described Mike's poetry as “The best street poetry I've ever heard” and iconic designer Peter Saville described Mikes as a “genius” He was Poet in Residence at Strangeways Prison, and has works closely with Manchester United, the BBC, The Barclays Premier league, Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester Art Gallery and works at literature festivals throughout the world.

In this episode, we speak to one of our power user Michael Garry of Yardley wealth management. We learn a little bit about how he came to be an advisor and how he uses the Logicly platform when building and maintaining client portfolios.

In this episode, hosts Dan Maudhub and Phil Jones have the delight of speaking to Mike Garry, poet, described as a genius by Peter Saville, whose gritty performance poetry has seen him gain international recognition. He is passionate about bringing live poetry to people who wouldn't normally experience it, and libraries. Listen in to hear Mike tell part of his wonderful story, and share with us a touching poem too. 

Jem's first love will always be poetry, yet he never fails to make people laugh and that's where comedy comes in. Listen to Jem's poetry, learn from his inspiring story of overcoming his alcohol addiction and hear his journey on becoming a poet and comedian. He has also continued to do some great work during Lockdown and you can find out what he does. More about Jem - - - > I've always written poetry and actually “wrote” my first poem when I was 4 years old, although I only really started performing my work after joining the Batley Poets in June 2017. Since then I've performed in many venues – including the Houses of Parliament – for audiences from 4 – 400 people. I usually aim for humour in my poems, though I do write some serious stuff as well, I'm particularly fond of writing parody lyrics to popular songs and have composed versions of Cool for Cats, I Will Survive, My Favourite Things, The Day Before You Came and many others. My influences and inspirations are John Cooper Clarke, Mike Garry, Toria Garbutt and Kate Tempest – the first 3 of whom I have met! I am 61, a sober alcoholic for nearly 17 years and hopefully my first collection – entitled No Limericks Left in This Vehicle – will be published this year, in aid of the NACOA (National Association for Children Of Alcoholics). You can find out more about Jem and his work on http://www.batleypoets.co.uk/jem/ Speakeasy performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyThBzRw2ek --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tahirarehmanpoet/message

Edición Limitada - 24 de Febrero del 2020. (Especial Tributo a Andrew Weatherall) Producción, realización y conducción: Francisco J. Brenes. Presentando música de Primal Scream, Moby, Saint Etienne, Mike Garry & Joe Duddell, Happy Mondays, Emilíana Torrini, Grinderman, Leftfield, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, New Order, Mark Lanegan, My Bloody Valentine, Siouxie y Luke Slater.

I first heard Mike Garry on his beautiful ode to Anthony H Wilson. You know the one - Saint Anthony. It made Number 1 in the charts. It featured Manchester's finest, it features strings, it was beautiful. At that point I didn't know Mike. I met him a year or two later at one of the best festivals I've been to, The Good Life Experience. I stood and watched as Mike wove emotions and images with words. He started a poem about his son and the tears started with me. I won't tell you why, suffice to say that I missed my son who was off to University. Over the next few years I got to know Mike. He is a lyrical genius. He comes from Manchester and we share a youth. we share a love of the same bands. We share an era. We share a decade-defining movement. we are also both open and vulnerable, but not weak. This podcast is exactly that: open and vulnerable. We talk about Mike's youth in Manchester, caring for his dad, and the chaos of a beautiful big family. I absolutely loved recording it. Mike is a great man and this is a great conversation

In GBA 349 we get better acquainted with Louise. She talks about the round about route her life has taken between when we met at university and now, finding her way to poetry, writing and teaching, her relationship with Wigan where she has lived most of her life, her new music projects, coming back to dance after years away, being a self employed person working in the arts and so much more. Also at the end of today’s episode, after the conversation is over, I repeat the announcement about how Getting Better Acquainted going on a hiatus after episode 350. And also between now and the Christmas Special. Louise plugs: 1st Dec Liverpool Cinema For All event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vote-100-born-a-rebel-liverpool-tickets-49280462189 Louise on twitter: https://twitter.com/louisethepoet wordWITCH on twitter: https://twitter.com/wordWITCHsynth Nymphs and Thugs: https://nymphsandthugs.net/ Love is a Battlefield: https://nymphsandthugs.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-a-battlefield Bird St: https://nymphsandthugs.bandcamp.com/album/bird-st I plug: My recent writing about consent and gender: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/what-about-the-women-3237e4155f2c Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360 New piece: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-604a239b7501 The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast We mention: Ludus Dance: https://ludusdance.org/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Louise at SUT: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-daily-ep-1-louise-f White Poppy: https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/01/my-white-poppy-doesnt-mean-im-against-remembrance-it-means-i-am-committed-to-peace-8093178/ Mike Garry: https://www.mikegarry.co.uk/ New Voices Award BBC Radio 3: https://www.theguardian.com/books/the-northerner/2014/jun/06/wigan-poet-louise-fazackerley-radio-3-verb-new-voices-award Ian McMillan: http://www.uktouring.org.uk/ian-mcmillan/ The Verb: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnsf George Orwell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell Road to Wigan Pier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier Northern Soul: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_soul Would they wear it in wigan? http://leblow.co.uk/category/would-they-wear-it-in-wigan/ Burning Eye: https://burningeyebooks.wordpress.com/ John Cooper Clarke: http://johncooperclarke.com/ Toria Garber: http://www.toriagarbutt.net/ Luke Wright: https://www.lukewright.co.uk/ Clare Ferguson-Walker: https://www.facebook.com/ClareFergusonWalker/ Kendal Calling: https://www.kendalcalling.co.uk/ Kate Tempest: https://www.katetempest.co.uk/ Sleaford Mods: https://sleaford-mods.myshopify.com/ Joy Division: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division Tom Waits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Waits Bob Dylan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan Nico: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico Die Antwood: https://www.dieantwoord.com/home/ The Streets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Streets Depeche Mode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depeche_Mode Slummy Eve: https://twitter.com/SlummyEve https://slummyeve.bandcamp.com/ Travis Alabanza: http://travisalabanza.co.uk/ Oranges are not the only fruit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranges_Are_Not_the_Only_Fruit_(TV_serial) Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 346 we get better acquainted with Matt. I visit him at his new venture, Alt-Space, in Morcambe and we talk about how he washed up in this North West seaside town, how the lack of a comedy club in the town inspired him to create an arts venue, community centre and a fringe there, his own work which spans spoken word, theatre and comedy, and lots more. Matt plugs: Alt-space, 21c Yorkshire Street, Morecambe: https://www.facebook.com/altspacemorecambe/ Call out for submissions: morecambefringe@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/altspacemorecambe/posts/2220165701541560 Alternative Space Programme: https://twitter.com/morecambespace Open Mic Fireside Tales Story Telling (2nd Thursday of the month) Fringe Friday (last Friday of the month): Next one on 30th November I plug: My recent writing about consent and gender: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/what-about-the-women-3237e4155f2c Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360 New piece: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-604a239b7501 The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast We mention: Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ The story of Stewart Lee at SUT: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-friends-act-1 PBH Free Fringe: https://freefringe.org.uk/ Rob Auton: http://www.robauton.co.uk/ Dr John Cooper Clarke: http://johncooperclarke.com/ Morecambe Fringe Festival: http://morecambefringe.co.uk/ Fringemas: https://www.facebook.com/events/1152359181563348/ Mike Garry: https://www.mikegarry.co.uk/ The Entertainer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entertainer_(play) John Osborne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Osborne Look Back in Anger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Back_in_Anger John's Taxis: https://www.yell.com/biz/john-s-taxi-service-lancaster-1206721/ The Alhambra: https://www.facebook.com/AlhambraandCarletonSuiteEventsandVenueHire/ PJ Proby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._J._Proby Suburban Opera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jflSwVn4pEs Marc Almond: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Almond TS Elliot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TS_Elliot 300 to 1 at Thespis: https://www.thespis.de/en/corin-rhys-jones/ Anthony Alderson: https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2018/pleasance-director-anthony-alderson-interview-edinburgh-festival-fringe/ Peter Buckley Hill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Buckley_Hill Kate Copstick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Copstick Catherine Comerford: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinecomerford Flashman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashman_(novel) The Campaign in Afghanistan by Lt John Greenwood: https://www.amazon.com/Campaign-Afghanistan-Lt-John-Greenwood/dp/1845880048 Kipling Poem: http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_youngbrit.htm Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists: https://www.pandemonialists.co.uk/ Churchill: https://crimesofbritain.com/2016/09/13/the-trial-of-winston-churchill/ Heysham 2: https://www.edfenergy.com/energy/power-stations/heysham-2 Glue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glue_(novel) Steeple for the : https://www.theexchangecic.co.uk/steeple-for-the-people The Restore: https://www.therestore.uk/ Wise Up Workshops: http://www.wiseupworkshops.com/ Gentrification/Artwashing: http://theconversation.com/artwashing-gentrification-is-a-problem-but-vilifying-the-artists-involved-is-not-the-answer-83739 Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

On the programme this week, linguist David Crystal is looking at pronunciation - what does is mean to have a 'friendly accent'? Inspired by David's writing is a brand new poem from Mike Garry which plays with 'Approximants' - consonants that sound like vowels and are often seen as being friendly. In 'Spandex and the City' (Orbit), novelist Jenny Colgan finds out what happens when a romantic heroine meets a superhero, and we hear an extract from 'Lord Fox', a collaboration between the writer Kirsty Logan, harpist Esther Swift and songwriter Kirsty Law Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Cecile Wright.

In this week's Storytime, we discover Clint's connection to Elbow and their recordings, the love of Philip Glass including a very special rendition with Mike Garry, how Clint wrote the Inspirals track 'Uniform' and new unsigned music from Siamese. This week's Spotify playlist can be found here - http://spoti.fi/2aZ3iNDElbow - NewbornPhilip Glass feat. Linda Ronstadt - FreezingMike Garry & Philip Glass - Live ForeverSpencer Davis Group - Keep On RunningInspiral Carpets - UniformIsaac Castle - Sister In LawSiamese - White Jacket

Moss Side Gym Stories - Part 1: Moss Side is a small neighbourhood just outside of Manchester's city centre. In the 19th century Elizabeth Gaskell, inspired by the area, made her literary debut with the novel Mary Barton. She described Moss Side as a place of rural charm where Victorian workers and their families came to talk, play and relax. By the later part of the 20th century, the green fields that Gaskell knew had been replaced by housing estates, and Moss Side's reputation for riots, gangs and guns had spread nationwide. Growing up in Moss Side, Manchester's award winning poet Mike Garry, saw another side. Among its terraced rows Mike discovered a place where he could hear an echo of the qualities that caused Gaskell to put pen to paper - the Moss Side Leisure Centre. In the first of a two part programme Mike returns to the leisure centre to perform his epic poem, Men's Morning, an ode to the Friday morning male patrons of the centre. He spends time with the men who use the gym today to discover what, if anything has changed since he wrote the poem 20 years ago. In the next programme Jackie Kay, acclaimed poet and Scotland's new Makar, writes her own poem inspired by time spent at the leisure centre, this time focusing on the women who use it. Part 2: Jackie Kay, acclaimed writer and Scotland's new Makar, writes a poem, commissioned by the BBC and inspired by the women who use Manchester's Moss Side Leisure Centre. Close to the Centre are streets named in honour of one of the city's most famous residents, Elizabeth Gaskell, who moved to Manchester in the 1830s and knew these streets, as fields. In her debut novel, Mary Barton, Gaskell described this area as a place of serene rural beauty, where Manchester's families would come to walk, talk, rest and rejuvenate. By the later part of the 20th century, the green fields had been replaced by housing estates. Moss Side's reputation for riots, gangs and guns spread nationwide but its ability to inspire writers remained intact, and a peaceful oasis - otherwise known as the Moss Side Leisure Centre - could still be found. In the first of these two programmes, the poet Mike Garry returned to the Moss Side Leisure Centre to perform his epic poem, Men's Morning, inspired by the Centre and the men who used it. In this programme, Jackie Kay premieres her 21st century response - Moss Side Mirrors - an ode to the women who, like their 19th century antecedents immortalised by Elizabeth Gaskell, have found in this neighbourhood a place to escape from the pressures of daily life - to breathe deeply, unwind, and renew themselves. Produced in Salford by Claire Press and Ekene Akalawu.