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Winter Weekend

Coming of Age: with Daniel Shand, Catherine Wilson, Jenny Niven and Heath Sheridan

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

Edi Stark and her guests discuss recommendations around the theme of Coming of Age.

Novelist Daniel Shand suggests Wes Anderson's film Rushmore, and Catherine Wilson of Edinburgh performance poetry group the Loud Poets picks Kate Atkinson's second novel Human Croquet. Digital Marketeer Heath Sheridan introduces Edi to cult US TV series Freaks and Geeks, written by Bridesmaids and Ghostbusters director Paul Feig. And Jenny Niven from Creative Scotland has chosen Belle and Sebastian's album Dear Catastrophe Waitress.

Plus Edi visits Lochgelly High School to meet pupils who will be travelling to the Arctic with a scheme called The Polar Academy, and she speaks to Mollie Hughes, the youngest woman to scale Everest from both sides, who has just joined The Polar Academy to train as an Arctic Polar Guide. Show less

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