Performance poet Ian Whiteley will be telling the story of the first world war in poetry set to music at Chorlton arts festival on Wednesday 25 May at 7.30pm. Still in the War, Boys at Chorlton library covers the Somme and Passchendaele, the pacifists and the war poets, and human stories from the trenches and the home front.

Ian, who was recently featured on Write Out Loud's Poem of the Week, will be performing again at Chorlton library on Sunday 29 May with Bard Company, a poetry, comedy and music combo, alongside poets Gordon Zola and Jeffarama! and comedian Tony Kinsella.

Other poetry events at the festival include Jonathan Davidson at Manky Poets; Body and Soul with Atar J Hadari and Char March; Word Jam open mic poetry and music; Sarah L Dixon’s Quiet Quiet Loud! With Steve Nash; and Thomas Jackson.