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The Essay: If Walls Could Talk

The Essay: If Walls Could Talk: Episode 5: Glenn Patterson

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Episode 5: Glenn Patterson

If Walls Could Talk

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Novelist Glenn Patterson with a uniquely Belfast view of Derry, UK City of Culture 2013.

Novelist Glenn Patterson takes a humorous, Belfast-tinted look at Derry-Londonderry, the inaugural UK City of Culture 2013.

Novelist Glenn Patterson is proudly Belfast, and admits to being baffled by Derry in his childhood - it seemed far off in the distant West, and not quite in Northern Ireland, and not quite in Donegal, on whose border the city lies. Belfast has had a tendency to feel superior culturally, so why then has Derry's unique cultural tale had such a lasting impact and influence on Glenn? The city's Punk rockers The Undertones changed his view of music and 'shook' him awake, so why does he now think of them as Canadians?

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Series in which leading writers reflect on the culture of the city of Derry-Londonderry

Series in which five leading writers reflect on the culture of the city of Derry-Londonderry, which became the inaugural UK City of Culture in 2013

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