Sunday Morning with Cathy Macdonald

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Booker prize winning author James Kelman on his early life and passions

Hollywood film ‘Just Mercy’ about a human rights lawyer; live music from Celtic Connections; award winning author James Kelman

Scottish author James Kelman talks about his early life and loves, and the controversy around his 1994 Booker Prize win. 

Tonight will see the Lodging House Mission in the east end of Glasgow hold its annual Homelessness Sunday Service. Cathy talks to Claire Herbert, a Church of Scotland chaplain working at the Mission, and service user Ann.

To mark Holocaust Memorial Day on 27th January an extraordinary new documentary weaving archive and survivors' stories. Cathy is joined by Dr Hannah Holtschneider, Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Edinburgh University, and Micheline Brannan, Chair of the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities.

A new Hollywood film ‘Just Mercy’ explores the work of US human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson. Andrea Baker has seen it and also recounts her meeting with Bryan a few years ago in Alabama.  

Musicians Marit Falt and Rona Wilkie wrap up our Celtic Connections coverage with live music, as well as sharing personal challenges with depression, and how their music has given them a precious way to express themselves.

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