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Live from the Hay Festival
Cultural discussion programme. Tom Sutcliffe at the Hay Festival with Colm Toibin, Sebastian Barry, Meg Rosoff and Jan Kizilhan.
Tom Sutcliffe presents Start the Week live from the Hay Festival.
He is joined by award winning authors Colm Tóibín, Sebastian Barry and Meg Rosoff to discuss how they breathe new life into stories from the past, from Greek tragedy to civil war, while the psychologist Jan Kizilhan explains how a history of trauma and genocide has been woven into the story of his Yazidi community.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
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Mon 29 May 201721:30
BBC Radio 4
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Sebastian Barry: 'There is no us and them'
Duration: 02:27
Colm Tóibín
House of Names is published by Viking
Sebastian Barry
Days without End is published by Faber
Meg Rosoff
How I Live Nowis published by Penguin
Beck, co-authored with Mal Peet is published by Walker Books
Beck, co-authored with Mal Peet is published by Walker Books
Jan Kizilhan
Jan Kizilhan is Professor
of Psychology and Mental Health at the State University in Germany, and Dean of
the Institute of Psychotherapy & Psycho-traumatology in Iraq
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tom Sutcliffe |
| Interviewed Guest | Colm Toibin |
| Interviewed Guest | Sebastian Barry |
| Interviewed Guest | Meg Rosoff |
| Interviewed Guest | Jan Kizilhan |
| Producer | Katy Hickman |
Broadcasts
- Mon 29 May 201709:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 29 May 201721:30BBC Radio 4
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