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George Orwell's son Richard Blair, Edinburgh International Book Festival, author Richard Flanagan

Nicola is joined by Booker Prize-winning author Richard Flanagan to hear about his latest book, Question 7, and the director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival Jenny Niven.

Nicola celebrates the launch of the Edinburgh International Book Festival with its new director Jenny Niven

Booker prize winner Richard Flanagan tells Nicola about Question 7 - his fascinating hybrid between memoir and novel.

We hear about an exhibition featuring 1984 copies of George Orwell's iconic book from curator Hans Klausen and George Orwell's son Richard Blair

Our Tuesday Review critics Amna Saleem and Dominic Corr give their opinions on Channel 4 shows Queenie and This is Lady Parts, and 大象传媒 Scotland documentary Confessions of a Teenage Fraudster.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Eurythmics

    Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)

    • For The Love Of Big Brother.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.
  • Simple Minds

    Sanctify Yourself

    • The Best Of Simple Minds.
    • Virgin.
  • Gloria Gaynor

    I Will Survive

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • The Rezillos

    Top Of The Pops

    • Scotland Rocks.
    • Virgin.
    • 19.
  • Lenny Kravitz

    It Ain't Over 'til It's Over

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • EMI.
  • Bee Gees

    Night Fever

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.
  • Fugees

    Ready Or Not

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.
    • 3.
  • The Lightning Seeds

    Pure

    • Lightning Seeds - Cloudcuckooland.
    • Ghetto.
  • Taylor Swift

    Dear John

    • Speak Now.
    • Universal Music (UK) Limited.
    • 5.
  • David Bowie

    Young Americans

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Tue 4 Jun 2024 13:32