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20 Sep 2025

Impressions Gallery

Make Yourself at Home: Family Poetry

A new exhibition shared an archive of family photographs which celebrate the people who call Bradford home.

A family friendly poetry activity that explored and enjoyed these treasured images.

Make Yourself At Home, a new exhibition by Impressions Gallery commissioned by Bradford 2025, shared an archive of family photographs which celebrate the people who call Bradford home.

This was accompanied by a family friendly poetry activity that explored and enjoyed these treasured images.

Credits
BBC Contains Strong Language was a partnership between the BBC, Word Up North and Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. It was supported by Arts Council England.

Make Yourself at Home was curated and produced by Impressions Gallery and New Focus: Bradford Young Curators. Commissioned by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.

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Poet Kirsty Taylor wearing a green jacket performs using a microphone. Poet Kirsty Taylor wearing a green jacket performs using a microphone.

Part of BBC Contains Strong Language

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