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Tracey Thorn

The Reverend Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir talk to singer/songwriter Tracey Thorn.

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1 hour, 28 minutes

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Sat 25 Jan 2014 09:00

Tracey Thorn

Tracey Thorn

is a singer songwriter, best known perhaps for being one half of 鈥楨verything But the Girl鈥. She talks about her pop career, her current music and being a mother.

'Bedsit Disco Queen'听 is published by Virago.

London Urban Sketchers

London Urban Sketchers

James Hobbs and Simone Ridyard organisein London and Manchester and talk about the pleasure and companionship of sketching in large groups.

'Sketch Your World - Essential Techniques for Drawing on Location'听by James Hobbs is published by Apple.

Crowdscape: Stevenage

Crowdscape: Stevenage

JP Devlin meets the people on Queensway in Stevenage town centre. Quietly known as 鈥渟pace city鈥, many 听of the world鈥檚 satellites are built there. It鈥檚 home to an aerospace company which built the first British ballistic missile 鈥 the 鈥淏lue Streak鈥 鈥 in the 1950鈥檚. Nowadays it builds scientific equipment for dozens of space missions including the Rosetta probe- awoken this week to explore comets in outer space.

Ed Igelhart

Ed Iglehart grew up in the segregated Florida of the 1940s and 50s, in a family where each of his eight great-grandparents had owned slaves.听 The segregation mantra was 鈥榮eparate but equal鈥 and everything from theatre entrances, beaches, buses and schools had separate provision for Black and White.听 Ed, who now lives in Scotland, 听tells Saturday Live how he was brought up with racism, and how, as the civil rights movement gained momentum, he came to be a part of it.

Travel: Laurens de Groot

Travel: Laurens de Groot

Laurens de Groot听is a former Dutch detective turned environmental activist.听He talks about protest on the high seas and his travels around the world.

'Hunting the Hunters' is published by Bloomsbury.

Inheritance Tracks: Commander Chris Hadfield

Inheritance Tracks: Commander Chris Hadfield

Chris Hadfield is the former Commander of the International Space Station. His听inherited track is听'Where have all the flowers gone'听by the Kingston Trio and he passes on听'The Story' by Brandi Carlile.听

Commander Hadfield recorded听David Bowie's 听on board the International Space Station, and became a You Tube sensation with over 20 million views.

His book 'An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth' is published by Macmillan.

to a clip from his book.

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Role Contributor
Presenter Richard Coles
Presenter Aasmah Mir
Interviewed Guest Tracey Thorn
Interviewed Guest Chris Hadfield
Interviewed Guest Laurens de Groot
Producer Chris Wilson

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  • Sat 25 Jan 2014 09:00

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