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The Afternoon Show: Darren McGarvey, Elaine C Smith and punk in Paisley

Darren McGarvey, Elaine C Smith and punk in Paisley

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Darren McGarvey, Elaine C Smith and punk in Paisley

Janice talks to Darren McGarvey about his new book The Social Distance.

Janice talks to Darren McGarvey about his new book The Social Distance, and hears from Elaine C Smith as she gets ready to take part in Greenock's Meliora Festival.

Writer, rapper and activist Darren McGarvey tells Janice about his new book, The Social Distance, his follow-up to the Orwell Prize winning Poverty Safari.

Saints and Sinners is a new book exploring the punk scene in Paisley and Glasgow through previously unpublished photographs, Janice speaks to its author Chris Brickley.

The new Afternoon Show Single of the Week is Nowhere Town by Bandit.

Janice hears about Human Threads, an exhibition at Glasgow's Tramway, made with and for adults with multiple and profound learning disabilities.

And Elaine C Smith chats to Janice ahead of appearing at the Meliora Festival at Greenock's Beacon Arts Centre.

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