Global news, poetry bench and Swedish midsummer

Update: 2025-06-21

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Tessa Szyszkowitz joins Georgina Godwin to discuss the week’s news. Then: Daniel Kramb’s poetry goes from paper to bench at Estuary Festival 2025 and Wanja Kaufmann talks about London’s Swedish midsummer celebrations.

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Global news, poetry bench and Swedish midsummer

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Global news, poetry bench and Swedish midsummer

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Global news, poetry bench and Swedish midsummer