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Radio 4,10 Jan 2022,16 mins

Available for 353 days

In this third part of Felix White's abridged memoir read by the author, he remembers his tempestuous teenage years and attempts to find escape through cricket as a storm brews for his family. Felix White is a musician, writer and broadcaster best known as a guitarist in The Maccabees. He subsequently co-founded independent record label Yala! and co-presents the BBC’s Tailenders podcast with Greg James. In It's Always Summer Somewhere he recalls growing up, his mother's illness and slowly replacing an ambition to be a left arm spinner in his school cricket team with the dazzling realities of life in a world renowned band. Abridger: Julian Wilkinson Producer: Ciaran Bermingham

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