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The Eyelash

Episode 5 of 5

A humorous diversion into an evening meal, ruined by a small matter which prompts a big discussion. Read by Edith MacArthur.

A humorous diversion into an evening meal, ruined by a small matter which prompts a big discussion.

"When you find a strange hair anywhere, do you at once connect it with some imagined person...?"

The last of five quietly unsettling short stories by Elspeth Davie, described as one of Scotland's finest and most underrated writers.

Read by Edith MacArthur.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.

15 minutes

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Sat 30 Oct 202100:00
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