Helen Mort performs ‘Circle’, a new poem written for Durham Book Festival 2016 and inspired by the history of boxing in the North East and her own interest in the sport. Helen Mort was Festival Laureate, and was selected and supported by the Centre for Poetry and Poetics.
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