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Radio 4,14 Oct 2022,14 mins

The Night Is Darkening Round Me

The Poet and the Echo

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Writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories. 'The Night is Darkening Round Me' Read by Caitrìona Balfe. Linda’s on a cliff-side walk with her partner when she slips, falls and finds herself caught in a fragment of time. Eugene O’Hare’s captivating story inspired by Emily Brontë’s poem. Credits Writer ….. Eugene O’Hare Reader ….. Caitrìona Balfe Producer ….. Kirsty Williams A BBC Scotland Production for BBC Radio 4

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