13 January 2007
Saturday 13 January 2007 22:00-22:45 (Radio 3)
Ian McMillan presents the weekly magazine about language
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Ian McMillan banishes all thoughts of bad weather and austerity binges.never mind exercise bicycles or sessions at the gym - instead he'll be inviting you to share his enthusiasm for Liam Frost, a songwriter from Manchester whose debut album is expected to establish him as a major talent this year. Then there'll be an excursion to Hadrian's Wall to hear about a project which has brought some of the best writers in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa to the north of England. One of the best young poets to emerge in the last couple of years, Tiffany Atkinson, will be reading from her debut collection, Kink and Particle and Jane Purcell who made her name as a sketch writer for Smack the Pony has written and performs in a drama about the self deceptions that lie in wait for those seeking a short cut to enlightenment.
Liam Frost's CD Show Me How the Spectres Dance is released by Lavolta Records
Tiffany Atkinson's Kink and Particle is published by Seren
Writing on the Wall is published by Arts UK.
