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Billy Bragg, The Great Train Race and the Tuesday Review

Janice Forsyth talks to singer-songwriter Billy Bragg and hears about Firebrand Theatre's production of The Great Train Race, which celebrates the new Borders Railway.

Janice talks to Billy Bragg ahead of his live gigs in Scotland next week.

Editor John Freeman explains how he set up a new literary anthology and persuaded writers like Dave Eggers and Haruki Murakami to contribute.

Writer Robert Dawson Scott and director Richard Baron on Firebrand Theatre's production of The Great Train Race, staged to mark the opening of the new Borders Railway.

Nicola Meighan talks to Icelandic indie pop band Of Monsters and Men.

Plus the Tuesday Review: the critics this week are Nicola Meighan, Jenny Niven and Yasmin Sulaiman; giving their thoughts on Adele's album 25; new 大象传媒 drama Capital; and Alexander McCall Smith's Chance Developments - short stories inspired by a series of vintage photographs.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 Nov 2015 14:00

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