Benjamin Zephaniah

Midnight Meets With Colin Murray

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The writer and poet talks to Colin Murray about training with Shaolin monks in China, his fascination with theology, and the strong backbone needed when exploring dark topics in his poetry. Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Wednesday 10.30pm to 1am - or available whenever you want via the free BBC Sounds app.

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0:53.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of Midnight Meets.
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0:58.0	Indeed, Benjamin Zephaniah at 63, now regarded as one of the most important commentators
1:04.3	and wordsmiths and ports of modern times before we even get near picky blinders.
1:09.3	He's a professor of poetry and even a Midnight Meets is barely long enough for him to tell.
1:14.3	Even part of his life story properly.
1:16.0	So with this one, I just jumped in, the let it go wherever it went.
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