Julie McNeill & Rose Reilly: The Beautiful Game

Julie McNeill pays homage to the adrenaline-pumping highs and tear-jerking lows that define Scottish football in We Are Scottish Football, presenting captivating poems alongside striking photography. Today the Poet-in-Residence for St Mirren Football Club is joined in conversation by legendary former footballer Rose Reilly – voted best women’s player in the world in 1984 – in this unique tribute to the emotional landscape of football. Hear them both in conversation with Alistair Heather.

Categories: Nonfiction, Poetry, Scottish Interest, Sport

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Poetry & Performance

Our line-up this year is a brilliant demonstration of everything exciting in UK poetry: diverse, eclectic in form and content, and ranging from ‘the best words, in the best order’ (to quote John Donne) to poems which demand to be spoken and lifted from the page completely…

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