03/08/2014
Journalist, novelist and broadcaster Cristina Odone joins Cathy Macdonald to talk about her life, work and time at the helm of The Catholic Herald.
Journalist, novelist, and broadcaster Cristina Odone joins Cathy for the first hour to talk about her life, work, and her time at the helm of The Catholic Herald.
To mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, Indian artist Nalini Malani presents In Search of Vanished Blood. She'll be discussing her haunting artwork with Cathy, which will transform the entire Western fa莽ade of the Scottish National Gallery on Edinburgh's Mound.
Acclaimed military historian Trevor Royle talks about editing a collection of prose, letters and articles by Scottish writers from the Great War, including work by John Buchan, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, and Hugh MacDiarmaid.
On the subject of writing that emerged from the war, Nalini Malani, Trevor Royle, and Greg Garrett, Professor of English at Baylor University, Texas, look at the impact that war and conflict has had on creativity. They'll explore how artists have responded to war.
And in the week Edinburgh comes alive with festivals, live music from Simply Soweto Encha, who've been described as a creative and joyous sound sensation from South Africa.
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Simply Soweto Encha
Simply Soweto Encha are performing at The Church at St John鈥檚 in Edinburgh as part of the Just Festival at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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- Sun 3 Aug 2014 07:0591热爆 Radio Scotland