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Start the Week

Live from the Hay Festival

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Tom Sutcliffe presents Start the Week live from the Hay Festival.

He is joined by award winning authors Colm Tóibín, Sebastian Barry and Meg Rosoff to discuss how they breathe new life into stories from the past, from Greek tragedy to civil war, while the psychologist Jan Kizilhan explains how a history of trauma and genocide has been woven into the story of his Yazidi community.

Producer: Katy Hickman. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Colm Toibin
Interviewed Guest:
Sebastian Barry
Interviewed Guest:
Meg Rosoff
Interviewed Guest:
Jan Kizilhan
Producer:
Katy Hickman

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