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The Janice Forsyth Show: George Monbiot and Ewan McLennan on loneliness, plus author Jason Donald

23/01/2017

George Monbiot and Ewan McLennan on loneliness, plus author Jason Donald

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, George Monbiot and Ewan McLennan on loneliness, plus author Jason Donald

George Monbiot and songwriter Ewan McLennan on loneliness, and author Jason Donald.

Janice tunes into what is happening in the arts across Scotland. George Monbiot and songwriter Ewan McLennan, author Jason Donald, and recreating an 18th-century ceilidh.

Writer and activist George Monbiot and songwriter Ewan McLennan tell Janice about their album Breaking the Spell of Loneliness, exploring the power of music to bring people together.

Author Jason Donald talks about his new book Dalila, inspired by the stories of asylum seekers he met while teaching in Glasgow, and partly set in the city.

Children's theatre group Tortoise in a Nutshell are taking their new production Fisk on the road. It tackles mental health, masculinity, and the importance of cups of tea.

Young Adult author Brian Conaghan has won the Costa Children's Book Award, quite something for someone who amassed hundreds of rejection letters from publishers when he first began to write.

Nathaniel Gow's Dance Band is a music project which aims to recreate the music and dances of an 18th century ceilidh. Janice discovers how to party like it's 1789.

Comedian Keara Murphy previews her BBC Radio Scotland programme The Secret Rock n Roll Life of Robert Burns.

Plus Janice talks to Scottish songwriter Malka, whose new song Breakout is Single of the Week.

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