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Tom Paulin was born in Leeds, grew up in Belfast and now lives in Nottingham. He is seen at home and then reads from one of his early poems 'Second Rate Republic'. Paulin accompanied by interviewer Robert Hamberger is seen walking on Forest Road West in Nottingham to the house where he wrote Second Rate Republic. An interview follows where he talks about how the run down area of the city inspired his work, how he had recently moved to Nottingham in the early 1970s but was also deeply affected by the violence in Northern Ireland and the time. He goes on to talk about his more recent collection 'Liberty Tree' and his change in subject matter to take in Irish dialect words. He ends the piece by reading a poem inspired by the Falkland Islands.
Martin Glynn was born in Nottingham and has Jamaican heritage. We see him performing 'De Ratchet a Talk' on stage. Hamberger talks to him about this piece which concerns knife crime. He talks about the rhythms he uses in his work, how he begins a performance from the audience to give maximum impact and how he was stifled at school because he wanted to write how he spoke which his teachers did not allow. He describes himself as a story teller and activist and would rather not use the label poet. The interview ends with him performing a poem inspired by Malcolm X.
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