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The Afternoon Show: Novellist David Mitchell, Glasgow singer Kitti and Tuesday Review

Novellist David Mitchell, Glasgow singer Kitti and Tuesday Review

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Novellist David Mitchell, Glasgow singer Kitti and Tuesday Review

David Mitchell chats about Utopia Avenue and Kitti discusses her new EP.

David Mitchell discusses his new novel Utopia Avenue and in Tuesday Review the critics give their verdict on I May Destroy You, The Plot Against America and The Streets new album.

Novelist David Mitchell tells Janice about his new book Utopia Avenue, charting the fortunes of a late 60s rock band, and featuring cameos from real life stars including Leonard Cohen and David Bowie.

Hannah Robinson  is the author of Secret Edinburgh: An Unusual Guide. Among the hidden gems in her book are a series of “graffiti mosaics” by artist Helen Miles.  Helen and Hannah join Janice to talk about the things you can spot in the city if you know where to look!

In Make A Difference, Hayleigh Barclay and Louise Welsh discuss an anthology of new writing in aid of the Scottish Ambulance staff charity.

Glasgow based singer Kitti has recorded a special version of her new song Rain for The Afternoon Show, and tells Janice about her new EP Young, Careless and Free.

And in Tuesday Review, Halina Rifai, Vonny LeClerc and Laura Waddell give their thoughts on Michaela Coel’s acclaimed BBC Three series I May Destroy You; None of Us Are Getting Of This Life Alive - the new record from The Streets and The Plot Against America which is a new TV drama starring Winona Ryder, set in an alternative 1940s USA where fascism is on the rise, based on a novel by Philip Roth.

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