'How we feel': Live at StAnza - Nuala Watt & Charlotte Van den Broeck
'How we feel' was the theme for the 2025 StAnza international poetry festival, and the Lantern Live team were on stage, bringing all the feels!Kathleen Jamie and Ally Heather were joined by award-winn...
1 Apr 202539min
Animal Spirits: Em Strang and Garry McKenzie
'Nothing is yet in its true form'... Poetry is not just about human forms or emotions. Across history, other species have inspired art and literature - and that is our theme for this episode. Examinin...
21 Aug 202443min
Place: Shane Strachan & Hugh McMillan
How important is a sense of place when it comes to poetry? Two very different parts of Scotland are represented on this episode of Lantern.Shane Strachan from Aberdeenshire and Hugh McMillan from Dumf...
21 Aug 202442min
Memory: Iona Lee and Kevin P Gilday
'Memory is unreliable, and a creative practise in itself'...Memory and nostalgia are powerful, evocative experiences that have inspired some of the greatest literary works. Joining Scotland's Makar, K...
21 Aug 202443min
Tradition: Gerda Stevenson and Marjorie Lotfi
What happens when traditions get broken? When there is a movement in a family, or within a culture? Exploring the feminist tradition of picking up on lost female voices, Gerda Stevenson and Marjorie L...
18 Juli 202449min
Memorial: Catherine Wilson Garry and Alec Finlay
Poetry enables elagy and helps us remember the past, and those who have passed. What does this mean in public and private spheres? Attitudes of memory and memorial are integral to the work of poets Ca...
17 Juli 202455min
The legacy of Robert Fergusson: with Robert Crawford
250 years since he died, Robert Fergusson is still revered and respected by the Scottish literary community. Exploring his life and work in more detail, Kathleen Jamie and Ally Heather are joined by a...
17 Juli 202448min
The Scottish Canon: Titilayo Farukuoye and Alycia Pirmohamed
Scots are rightly proud of their literary heritage, but how can past work - or the canon - impact writers today? Makar Kathleen Jamie and co-host Ally Heather are joined by poets Titilayo Farukuoye a...
17 Juli 202446min
