Introduced by Jenni Murray
Ten Years On: Jane Ewart-Biggs assesses the contribution which literature can make to our understanding of Ireland and the Irish, with past winners of the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Award.
And, as three young women cast off in their chosen careers, they look forward to what 1987 may bring for a musician, a writer and a football coach.
Story: The Orchard Walls by RUTH RENDALL , abridged by MONICA GREY . Read by Jan Carey 'I was 14. Bombs were falling on London. My parents were afraid for me and that was why they sent me to Inchfield.'