{"id":4465,"date":"2022-04-21T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/?p=4465"},"modified":"2022-04-21T23:37:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T22:37:11","slug":"lemn-sissay-obe-for-writers-rebels-the-antidote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/lemn-sissay-obe-for-writers-rebels-the-antidote\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemn Sissay OBE for Writers Rebel&#8217;s The Antidote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&#8217;s Lemn Sissay, OBE, official poet of the London Olympics and all-round legend, at Tate Modern in London on Friday 15 April 2022. He&#8217;d just come off stage after giving an amazing, inspiring performance for THE ANTIDOTE, a rebellious literary street festival held during the April 2022 Rebellion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4465-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Zoe-intervew-Lemn-Sissay.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Zoe-intervew-Lemn-Sissay.mp4\">http:\/\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Zoe-intervew-Lemn-Sissay.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch Lemn&#8217;s <\/span><a style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CzxUmlEacvc&amp;t=5h5m30s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full performance here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Or click here to see the entire festival<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; with contributions from eminent writers, poets and performers Zena Edwards, Inua Ellams, Patience Agbabi, Sarah Winman, Greg Norminton, Raymond Antrobus, Joe Dunthorne, Maggie Gee and Courttia Newland as well as Writers Rebel&#8217;s own Alex Lockwood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The event was compered by Chris Redmond and Liv Torc of <\/span><a style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livtorc.co.uk\/hot-poets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hot Poets<\/a><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s Lemn Sissay, OBE, official poet of the London Olympics and all-round legend, at Tate Modern in London on Friday 15 April 2022. 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