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Peggy Seeger, Liverpool pilot of arts events, Fiction writers of faith

Peggy Seeger on the pleasures of working with family on her new album; Liverpool pilots live arts events; Hafsa Zayyan and Francis Spufford on how faith affects their writing

Peggy Seeger has just released her latest album, The First Farewell, at the age of 85. She tells us about the pleasures of working on it with her family, her worries about the post-Covid music scene, getting older - and getting younger.

Liverpool is about to take part in a pilot scheme testing live events. There will be an open-air film screening, a comedy gig and a club night. We talk to Liverpool's director of culture, Claire McColgan, about how it will work and the scientific questions behind it.

Francis Spufford is the author of Golden Hill which won the Costa First Novel Award. Hafsa Zayyan's novel We Are All Birds of Uganda is on Radio 4 this week and won the Merky Books New Writing Prize. The two authors discuss what it means to be a writer of faith in 21st century Britain.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Studio Manager: Emma Harth

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Peggy Seeger

Peggy Seeger's album The First Farewell is out now

Main image: Peggy Seeger
Photo credit: Vicki Sharp

Francis Spufford

Francis Spufford's novel聽Light Perpetual is out now

Hafsa Zayyan

Hafsa Zayyan's novel is聽We Are All Birds of Uganda

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