4 Extra Debut. Dali's Christ, housed in a Glasgow museum, was voted Scotland's favourite painting. Louise Welsh asks why? From June 2011. Show more
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Saturday Review
A selection of highlights from the Edinburgh Festivals. Also Ned Beauman's new novel and Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Some highlights from the Edinburgh Festivals. Also British Realist painters exhibition, Ned Beauman's new novel Madness Is Better Than Defeat and Kathryn Bigelow's film Detroit. Show more
Edinburgh Haunts
Episode 3: The Face at the Window, the Wave of the Hand
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
An uncanny tale evoking the folklore of the doppelganger, set in contemporary Edinburgh. Read by Monica Gibb. Show more
Start the Week
AIDS Activism and Surviving a Plague
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Cultural discussion show. Tom Sutcliffe discusses health epidemics with activist Peter Staley, scientists Anne Johnson and Peter Horby and author Louise Welsh. Show more
Open Book
18/05/2014
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Joseph O'Connor tells Mariella Frostrup about his new novel about a fictional band, The Thrill of it All, and Louise Welsh and Andrew Wilson on the elusive Ms Patricia Highsmith. Show more
Saturday Review
From the Edinburgh Festivals: The best of theatre, literature, comedy, surrealist artists, Tickled film and Herman Koch
45 minutes
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From the Edinburgh Festivals: The best of theatre, literature, comedy, surrealist art, Tickled documentary and Herman Koch's Dear Mr M. Show more
Still in shock after discovering her boyfriend dead in bed, Stevie waits for the police to arrive. Show more
Following instructions left for her in a letter from her dead boyfriend, Stevie goes to the hospital to give the mysterious package to Reah. Show more
Stevie has learned that her dead boyfriend was developing a controversial treatment for cerebral palsy. Searching his flat for more clues, she makes another shocking discovery. Show more
Stevie's suspicions are confirmed, when she speaks to the wife of an investigative journalist killed just days before she found her boyfriend dead. Show more
As London descends into chaos, Stevie heads for the safety of Iqbal's flat. But he's not answering his telephone, and Stevie fears the worst. Show more
As London burns, Stevie tracks down two of her boyfriend's medical colleagues, convinced that one of them is his killer. Show more
As Londoners fall seriously ill from a highly contagious virus, TV shopping channel presenter Stevie Flint goes in search of her boyfriend, who has stopped returning her calls. Show more
London is in meltdown, as the deadly virus people are calling 'the Sweats' begins to spread rapidly through the population. Show more
Badly shaken after the attack in the car park, Stevie hopes that a computer hacker will help her to access the secrets held on Simon's laptoped. Show more
A deadly virus is decimating London. Amongst the chaos, survivor Stevie Flint continues to investigate her boyfriend's mysterious death. Show more
Sanjeev Kohli takes a sideways look at the big issues of the past seven days in Scotland and around the world, with guests including Fred MacAulay, Louise Welsh and Mark Nelson. Show more
Front Row
Louise Welsh on Penny Dreadful, Oscar Isaac, Nick Payne, and Will Gregory Moog Ensemble
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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With Kirsty Lang, who talks to actor Oscar Isaac, hears news from Cannes and discusses Moog synthesizers with Goldfrapp's Will Gregory. Writer Louise Welsh reviews Penny Dreadful. Show more
Front Row
Malorie Blackman, Stonemouth, Louise Welsh, Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Arts news, including Malorie Blackman at the end of her tenure as children's laureate, the TV adaptation of Iain Banks's novel Stonemouth and novelist Louise Welsh. Show more
A Good Read
Claire Skinner and Louise Welsh
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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4 Extra Debut. Claire Skinner, Louise Welsh and Harriett Gilbert on books by Karl Ove Knausgaard, RL Stevenson and Dorothy L Sayers. From 2015. Show more