The Day He Met Jesus by Lucy Caldwell
Clare fondly recalls her Grandpa Andy, who liked to talk to trees and play opera arias to his vegetables. As read by Jenn Murray.
An original short story commissioned by BBC Radio 4 from the author Lucy Caldwell. Read by Jenn Murray. (‘The Lovers’)
Born in Belfast, Lucy Caldwell is the award-winning author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas and the short story collections: Multitudes and Intimacies. She is also the editor of Being Various: New Irish Short Stories. In 2021 she won the BBC National Short Story Award with her story “All the People Were Mean and Bad.” Her most recent novel, These Days, won the 2023 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Her new collection, Openings, was published in May 2024.
Writer: Lucy Caldwell
Reader: Jenn Murray
Producer: Michael Shannon
A BBC Audio Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Fri 31 May 202415:45BBC Radio 4
- Sun 2 Jun 202423:45BBC Radio 4
