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To stretch the boundaries of poetry in education and performance, by inspiring participation and giving voice to a diverse range of dynamic spoken word artists
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since 1986. It currently receives more than £400,000 funding annually, as a national portfolio organisation, from
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Apples and Snakes was launched in 1982, with its first poetry performance, at the Adam's Arms pub in
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Run by a board of trustees chaired by Kerry Featherstone, Apples and Snakes has been a
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and at Elephant Fayre, Cornwall. A Miner’s Benefit concert was organised at the
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in central London. It is currently one of the organisations resident at the
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Interview with Russell Thompson, a coordinator for Apples and Snakes
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