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The Afternoon Show: Liz Lochhead, Gareth Malone, Sebastian Barry and Tuesday Review

Liz Lochhead, Gareth Malone, Sebastian Barry and Tuesday Review

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Liz Lochhead, Gareth Malone Sebastian Barry and Tuesday Review.

Liz Lochhead reads new poetry inspired by lock down, Gareth Malone discusses The Great British Home Chorus and Sebastian Barry chats about his new book A Thousand Moons.

Niall Murphy¸ architect and chair of the Glagow City Heritage Trust, has been showing off some local urban #MomentsofBeauty on his Twitter feed, and author Louise Welsh has been exploring the hidden lanes of the city – they share their ideas for things to look out for on urban lock down walks.

Damien Love talks about his new children’s book Monstrous Devices, about killer robots, and inspired by the stories he loved as a child in Wishaw.

Liz Lochhead was on the show three weeks’ ago and she mentioned a poem she had started writing inspired by the lock down.  She’s now finished it, and will read The Spaces in Between on air for Janice.

Sebastian Barry discusses his new novel A Thousand Moons.

Gareth Malone talks about his choir of thousands The Great British Home Chorus, which would-be singers around the country can join thanks to online rehearsals and digital technology.

And in Tuesday Review our critics Bronwen Livingstone, Andrew Meehan and Amy Taylor give their verdict on Sally Rooney’s own adaptation for the BBC of her bestselling novel Normal People, Frankenstein from National Theatre at Home and Apple TV’s first UK commission, Trying which is a comedy starring Imelda Staunton, Rafe Spall and Esther Smith, about a couple trying to start a family.

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