The Afternoon Show with Janice Forsyth

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The Afternoon Show: Salman Rushdie on his novel Quichotte; Indigo Velvet perform live.

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Salman Rushdie on his novel Quichotte; Indigo Velvet perform live.

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Salman Rushdie on his novel Quichotte; Indigo Velvet perform live.

Janice Forsyth is in conversation with author Salman Rushdie about his new book Quichotte.

Indigo Velvet perform a live music session,, and we hear an interview Paul English recorded backstage at Edinburgh's Summer Sessions with Lauren Mayberry of band Chvrches.

We might be out of the Big Blue Tent but we’re not ready to leave Edinburgh just yet!

Salman Rushdie pops in to our Edinburgh studio ahead of his Edinburgh International Book Festival event to speak to Janice about his 14th novel Quichotte, inspired by Cervantes’ Don Quixote. 

Janice’s Single of the Week is That River, the debut single by Jack Richardson.

Indigo Velvet perform a live music session in our Edinburgh studio and talk about their experience supporting Lewis Capaldi at Edinburgh’s Summer Sessions in Princes Street Gardens.

We hear Paul English’s conversation with Lauren Mayberry of Chvrches backstage at their headline gig at Summer Sessions.

Journalists Paul English and Joyce McMillan talk about their cultural experiences this month – both in and out of Edinburgh, and we hear interview and performance clips from our BBC Edinburgh Festival shows.

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