Edinburgh Festival Special
Nicola presents an Edinburgh Festival Special with Michel Faber and Cressida Cowell along with loads of great music that's featured at the festival over the years.
Nicola will be chatting to award winning children鈥檚 author Cressida Cowell about how she got into writing fantasy and what鈥檚 in store for the final instalment of her Wizards of Once series.
She'll alsol be joined by Michel Faber to discuss his new novel 鈥淒鈥 in which the disappearance of one letter of the alphabet launches hero Dhikilo into the adventure of a lifetime.
For those looking for their comedy hit, Nicola will be joined by Sadia Azmat, host of the ground breaking podcast 鈥淣o Country For Young Women鈥, to chat about how she fell into comedy.
Nick Barley, the head of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, joins Nicola to chat about their online season and how the festival has adapted. And we鈥檒l get a review of how the online events work for viewers from Becka Smith.
And even though the venues are closed, we鈥檙e being encouraged to wander the streets of Edinburgh passing some of the much loved buildings we might otherwise be in. Search Party Edinburgh from the Gilded Balloon is an app that wants us to help find The Spirit of the Fringe. Anna Welander has a go to see if she can solve the mystery.
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Music Played
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Primal Scream
Movin' On Up
- Dirty Hits.
- Columbia.
- 2.
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Altered Images
Don't Talk to Me About Love
- Wave Party (Various Artists).
- Columbia.
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CHVRCHES
The Mother We Share
- The Mother We Share.
- 2012 National Anthem.
- 1.
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Madness
Our House
- Virgin.
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Tom Jones
Mama Told Me Not To Come (feat. Stereophonics)
- (CD Single).
- Gut Records.
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叠别测辞苍肠茅
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
- I Am.. Sasha Fierce.
- Music World Music.
- 1.
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Deacon Blue
Twist And Shout
- Deacon Blue- Our Town (Greatest Hits).
- Columbia.
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The Style Council
Shout To The Top
- Billy Elliot O.S.T. - Various Artists.
- Polydor.
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Blondie
Denis
- Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
- EMI.
Broadcasts
- Fri 21 Aug 2020 14:00大象传媒 Radio Scotland
- Fri 21 Aug 2020 20:00大象传媒 Radio Scotland