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AL Kennedy

The EssayWhen Writers Play (Series 2)
Episode 2 of 5

Series in which writers describe their passions and talents for playing a musical instrument.

Novelist AL Kennedy describes what happened after she found a neglected banjo in a shop in Glasgow.

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Tue 13 Oct 200923:00
BBC Radio 3

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