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The Royal Festival Hall is closed to the public on Tuesday 16 June. It will reopen for Harry Styles & Jules Buckley Orchestra ticket holders only at 5pm.

The poet James Wilkes, a young white man with short hair and round rimmed spectacles

James Wilkes

James Wilkes is a poet, writer and educator who is interested in creating experiments and situations where people can play with words in new ways. His own work has been inspired by the archives of the Pioneer Health Centre, ancient landscapes in Dorset and Orkney, and translations of Old English riddles and Renaissance songs. He has collaborated widely with scientists, artists and other poets, and worked with cultural institutions such as Tate Modern, Wellcome Collection and Copenhagen’s Medical Museion.