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28 Sept – 1 Oct 2017, Hull
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Hull, 27 September - 1 October 2017
Contains Strong Language 2021
Looking for this year's edition of the UK's biggest poetry and spoken word festival of new work?
23 Sept 2021
Highlights from CSL 2017
A series of exclusive films from the inaugural Contains Strong Language festival.
National Poetry Day: Free the Word
Lexicographer Susie Dent on the local words that bring it all back home.
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