The Afternoon Show with Nicola Meighan

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The Afternoon Show: George Orwell's son Richard Blair, Edinburgh International Book Festival, author Richard Flanagan

George Orwell's son Richard Blair, Edinburgh International Book Festival, author Richard Flanagan

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, George Orwell's son Richard Blair, Edinburgh International Book Festival, author Richard Flanagan

George Orwell's son RIchard Blair and artist Hans K Clausen discuss a 1984 Jura exhibition

Nicola is joined by Booker Prize-winning author Richard Flanagan to hear about his latest book, Question 7, and the director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival Jenny Niven.

Nicola celebrates the launch of the Edinburgh International Book Festival with its new director Jenny Niven  
 
Booker prize winner Richard Flanagan tells Nicola about Question 7 - his fascinating hybrid between memoir and novel. 

We hear about an exhibition featuring 1984 copies of George Orwell's iconic book from curator Hans Klausen and George Orwell's son Richard Blair 

Our Tuesday Review critics Amna Saleem and Dominic Corr give their opinions on Channel 4 shows Queenie and This is Lady Parts, and BBC Scotland documentary Confessions of a Teenage Fraudster.

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