The Essay: Beyond Borders

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The Essay: Beyond Borders: Ed Vulliamy - Forever Young

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Beyond Borders

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Writer and journalist Ed Vulliamy talks about the musicians crossing the age barrier.

The annual Arts Over Borders festival reaches into rural and urban communities on both sides of the Irish border. Curated with a strong sense of place and extending across four counties – from Fermanagh to Donegal, Tyrone to Derry/Londonderry- the border itself looms large in the festival.

Recorded in front of live audiences at the 2019 Arts Over Borders festival in Enniskillen and Derry/Londonderry, five writers explore the theme of boundaries. 

At Derry's Guildhall, the writer and journalist Ed Vulliamy talks about the musicians transgressing the perceived barriers between youth and age, from John Cale and Bob Dylan, to Leonard Cohen and Joan Baez.

Producers: Ophelia Byrne & Cathy Moorehead

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