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The Private Room

In 1941 a military hospital in Ayrshire braces for an influx of patients after an air raid.
Andrew O'Hagan's story about love, memory and Robert Burns is read by Barbara Rafferty.

In 1941, a military hospital in Ayrshire braces to receive an influx of patients.
Andrew O'Hagan's story of lost love and enduring hope takes in the Clydebank Blitz, inconstant lovers and the poems of Robert Burns.

Read by Barbara Rafferty
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

Andrew O'Hagan is a Booker-nominated writer of novels and non-fiction and editor-at-large for the LRB. An adaptation of O鈥橦agan鈥檚 most recent novel, 'Mayflies', was broadcast on 大象传媒1 over Christmas and is available on iPlayer.

14 minutes

Last on

Sun 29 Jan 2023 00:30

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  • Fri 27 Jan 2023 15:45
  • Sun 29 Jan 2023 00:30