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On 6 October 1941 \u201cThe Coventry Telegraph\u201d reported that women of Coventry had sent a message of support to the women of Stalingrad. And so began a relationship that became formalised by twin city status in 1844. Coventry now has 26 twin cities and those connections are celebrated in a new project, Twin Cities: Postcard Poems which paired ten poets from Coventry with poets from across the world. The resulting correspondence led to new poems being written and we hear from two of the poets involved: Emile Lauren Jones \u2013 the newly announced Coventry Poet Laureate - and David Morley.

Boff Whalley came to public attention as part of the exuberant pop group \u2013 Chumbawumba. He joins Front Row to discuss the Belgrade Theatre\u2019s new musical, Ruff Tuff Cream Puff Estate Agency. It\u2019s a show that he\u2019s written the music for, and which is based on a true housing story that happened in London in the 1970s, Members of the cast of The Ruff Tuff Cream Puff Estate Agency perform one of the songs in the musical - B.N.V.A. R

The Twin Cities: Postcard poems have also been collected into a new book \u2013 To Coventry by Sun. Poet Jane Commane is the editor of the new collection and as well as the organiser of the Twin Cities: Postcard poems project. She talks to Nick about Coventry\u2019s multi-twinned status and how correspondence from abroad can help us to see our homes afresh.

The distinguished 19th century African-American actor, writer, and theatre manager, Ira Aldridge, makes an appearance in the world premiere of a new play, This Little Relic, set in present-day Coventry. The writer and actor Karla Marie Sweet, has written the play and discusses why she wanted to bring Ira Aldridge back to the future.

Presented by Nick Ahad\nStudio Engineer: John Cole\nProduced by Ekene Akalawu