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The Afternoon Show: Jason Donovan, Culture at COP26, Andrew O'Hagan and the new Deacon Blue book.

Jason Donovan, Culture at COP26, Andrew O'Hagan and the new Deacon Blue book.

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Jason Donovan, Culture at COP26, Andrew O'Hagan and the new Deacon Blue book.

Nicola speaks to Jason Donovan ahead of his Edinburgh and Aberdeen gigs this weekend.

Jason Donovan drops in for a chat mid-tour, Andrew O'Hagan blethers about his new book Mayflies and Paul English discusses writing the brand new official history of Deacon Blue.

Nicola chats to Jason Donovan who is midway through his Even More Good Reasons tour which comes to Aberdeen and Edinburgh at the weekend.

As COP26 draws to a close Nicola speaks to three figures from the world of the arts; Pauline MacLean, Fay Milton and Anna Hodgart to reflect on how arts and culture have helped accelerate conversations around climate change across the last fortnight and where we go from here.

Andrew O'Hagan discusses his new book Mayflies which has been named Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year.

And regular on the show, Paul English talks about writing the official history of Deacon Blue.

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